News and Views
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Published Date
- December 21, 2018
Reading Readers: Lost in Translation in George Bell and Macmillan Publishers Archives
This month’s blog comes from one of our ‘Reading Readers’, Anna Strowe, who’s been looking at the archives of the…
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Published Date
- November 9, 2018
Forthcoming pop-up exhibition: ‘Embellish’d with gold: treasures from the European Manuscripts Collection’
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian To celebrate the arrival of the European Manuscripts Collection earlier this year, we are very…
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Published Date
- November 2, 2018
Not forgotten: University of Reading to add names to war memorial
On 9 November 2018, the University of Reading will formally announce that the names of nine members who fell in the First…
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Published Date
- September 28, 2018
Buried Treasure on Campus? A closer look at the Overstone Library
Currently working at the University of Reading as Staff Engagement and Communications Officer, Jeremy Lelean previously worked as a dealer in…
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Published Date
- September 15, 2018
Important new acquisition: the European Manuscripts Collection
Written by Fiona Melhuish (UMASCS Librarian) I am delighted to announce a very important recent acquisition, in fact, one of…
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Published Date
- September 3, 2018
New exhibition: ‘Hi-tiddley-hi-ti’ : echoes of the Victorian music hall
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian The Spellman Collection of Victorian music covers is one of my favourite collections, and looking…
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Published Date
- August 29, 2018
Cat sketches and cataloguing: Final thoughts of our Archive Graduate Trainee
Special Collections offer year long graduate trainee schemes in both the Archive and Library. In this month’s blog, our departing Archives…