News and Views
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Published Date
- September 1, 2014
Behind the scenes: Volunteering at Special Collections
Today’s post comes from Eleanor Wale, a former volunteer for our library team as well as in MERL. Eleanor’s volunteering…
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Published Date
- August 26, 2014
Favourite finds: Eric Partridge and his war of words
This post comes from Brian Ryder, one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is…
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Published Date
- August 21, 2014
Happy birthday Beardsley!
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Aubrey Beardsley, a favourite artist among staff here. Aubrey Beardsley was born in…
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Published Date
- August 18, 2014
New Featured Item: Estienne’s La dissection des parties du corps humain
Charles Estienne, La dissection des parties du corps humain divisee en trois livres. Paris: chez Simon de Colines, 1546. Item…
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Published Date
- August 14, 2014
Almanacs, Astrology and the Origins of Weather Forecasting
This post was written by Aoife Lintin, one of the University of Reading’s UROP students. UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme) placements provide…
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Published Date
- August 14, 2014
A place for everything… and everything (hopefully!) in its place: the wonderful role of UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant
As we look to recruit a new Graduate Trainee Library Assistant (closing date 25/08/2014) here is a quick introduction to…
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Published Date
- August 6, 2014
Hidden treasures from the Matthews-Shelley Collection
The Matthews-Shelley Collection is one of our rare book collections, and was created by the Shelley scholar G.M. (Geoffrey) Matthews (1920-1984), Professor…
