News and Views
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Published Date
- November 29, 2013
New featured item: Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus
James Anderson, Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus, 1739 James Anderson (1662–1728) was a Scottish historiographer and antiquary. Born in Edinburgh in 1662, the son…
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Published Date
- November 29, 2013
New display: Huntley & Palmers: A Christmas Selection
Our new display, in the staircase hallway until the New Year, features a wide range of Huntley and Palmers Christmas…
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Published Date
- November 26, 2013
Mark Longman Library … some before and after.
I began reclassifying the Mark Longman Library 4 or 5 years ago as a background task. I am a Library…
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Published Date
- November 18, 2013
Book binding for beginners: conservation training
Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant As the library graduate trainee here at the University of Reading’s…
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- November 8, 2013
Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Owen Jones
Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give…
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Published Date
- November 8, 2013
The word spreads about ‘Reading at War’… even Tony Blackburn’s talking about it!
The Reading Connections project aims to develop community engagement through the creation of digital resources, oral histories, exhibitions around the theme…
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Published Date
- October 29, 2013
Readerships and literary cultures 1900-1950
Archivist Nancy Fulford reports back from the first of the University’s ‘Archives and Texts’ seminars. For information on the rest…
