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Published Date
July 28, 2020

Update: Teaching with Collections

Today, we are publishing details of the many options available for University of Reading staff who wish to teach with…

Published Date
July 17, 2020

Resources You Can Use from Home 4: Archives, Libraries, and Other Useful Websites.

This blog post was compiled and researched by Antonia Love, Graduate Trainee Archives Assistant, and written by Ted Simonds, Graduate…

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July 10, 2020

Resources You Can Use from Home 3: Subject-Specific Resources

This blog post was compiled and researched by Antonia Love, Graduate Trainee Archives Assistant, and written by Ted Simonds, Graduate…

Published Date
July 10, 2020

Update: New Digital Access to Special Collections

Today, we are publishing our plans to increase digital access to our collections. The new digital access guide is available…

Published Date
July 1, 2020

Resources You Can Use from Home 2: Primary Sources (Books & Newspapers)

This blog post was compiled and researched by Antonia Love, Graduate Trainee Archives Assistant, and written by Ted Simonds, Graduate…

Published Date
July 1, 2020

Update on COVID-19

We welcome the announcement that museums will be able to reopen from 4th July. The University of Reading Special Collections…

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June 22, 2020

Resources You Can Use from Home 1: Databases

This blog post was compiled and researched by Antonia Love, Graduate Trainee Archives Assistant, and written by Ted Simonds, Graduate…

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Published Date
June 8, 2020

‘Embellish’d With Gold’: Crafting an Online Exhibition of Premodern European Manuscripts

Blog post written and online exhibition curated by Joanna Hulin, Reading Room Assistant. The European Manuscripts Collection held at the…

Published Date
May 12, 2020

A cabinet of curiosities : Ole Worm’s ‘Museum Wormianum’ (1655)

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian The history of public museums is also a history of private collectors and collecting,…