News and Views
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Published Date
- August 30, 2013
Favourite finds: Come to the Farm
I’m Liz McCarthy, one of the two UMASCS Librarians. One of the best parts of my job is discovering things –…
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Published Date
- August 13, 2013
Freud at Reading
Brian Ryder is one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is a long one;…
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Published Date
- August 9, 2013
Behind the scenes: Hogarth Press transcription project
Our latest post comes from Dale, who has recently completed a six week UROP placement here at special collections. Dale…
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Published Date
- July 24, 2013
Recent highlights from twitter
Do you follow us on Twitter (we’re @UniRdg_SpecColl)? Our staff regularly share images and snippets from our collections on Twitter,…
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Published Date
- July 20, 2013
Favourite Find: Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations for ‘The Rape of the Lock’
I’m Fiona Melhuish, and in my work with the Special Collections rare books I get lots of opportunities to spotlight…
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Published Date
- July 17, 2013
An A to Z exhibition: Agriculture to Zoology and beyond
Our library and archives hold a wide range of collections that touch on many of the areas studies here at…
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Published Date
- July 10, 2013
Manuscript of Beckett’s Murphy acquired
The University has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500, at…
