News and Views
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Published Date
- October 13, 2021
Finding the Biafran Civil War in the African Writers Series (1/3)
This is the first of three posts in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the…
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Published Date
- July 26, 2021
Temporary reading room move – September 2021
Between 31 August and 24 September 2021, the reading room will be moving to the Conference Room to make way…
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Published Date
- May 14, 2021
Update: Special Collections Reading Room to extend opening hours
From 18 May 2021 we will be extending our opening hours to include Tuesdays for general access to collections through…
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Published Date
- April 9, 2021
Update: Reading Room to re-open to all researchers
From 14 April 2021 we will be providing access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room for all…
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Published Date
- February 26, 2021
Update: Access to collections for academic research and teaching
From 10 March we will be providing access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room for academic research…
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Published Date
- January 22, 2021
2020 Vision: a Year in the Life of the Archive and Library Team
In 2020, The MERL and University of Reading Special Collections archive and library team faced an unprecedented situation. We closed…