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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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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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July 1, 2021

Wizard of Oz Collection: now fully catalogued

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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…

The Special Collections reading room
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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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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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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…

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January 7, 2021

Stones, Sharks and Steno’s De Solido

Written by Ted Simonds, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant. Today is #OldRockDay, a day to celebrate all things old, rocky, and…

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January 5, 2021

UPDATE: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS READING ROOM NOW CLOSED

Following the Government’s announcement of a national lockdown on 4 January 2021, the Special Collections Reading Room will be closed…