Openness in Research: The Modernist Archives Publishing Project (MAPP)
Virtual Volunteering with Special Collections in the Archives of British Printing and Publishing . We are thrilled to announce that the Special Collections and The MERL team have won one of the University of Reading’s 2023 research awards, selected for the ‘Openness in Research’ category. In this blog, Project Archivist, Helena Clarkson describes the project […]
Special Collections Service reading room to re-open
We are happy to announce that we will be re-opening the reading room in its usual space from Tuesday 23 November 2021. This means that we will have capacity for up to 10 researchers a day, with full access to the books, journals and pamphlets in the open access library corridor. Opening times will remain […]
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 for essential maintenance work. The Conference Room is located above the current reading room and can be accessed via the staircase or lift from the locker room. Closure days During this period, however, we will […]
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 Service reading room. Capacity will remain limited to enable social distancing. We will continue to provide alternative access through our digital access to collections service. If you would like to make a […]
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 those requiring it, although capacity remains limited to enable social distancing. We will continue to provide alternative access through our digital access to collections service. If you would like to make a reading room booking, […]
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 and teaching only. For all other research requiring access to the collections, we will continue to provide this through our digital access to collections service. If you would like to make a reading room booking, […]
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 until further notice. If you require access to the collections, we will aim to provide this through our digital access to collections service. You can find out more about our collections through our Special Collections […]
UPDATE: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND READING ROOM TO REMAIN OPEN
Following the latest Government announcement that Berkshire will enter Tier 3 on Saturday 19 December 2020, we will be making some changes to our Special Collections Service in the New Year. We will provide access to collections through the Special Collections Service reading room after the Christmas break, on Tuesday 5 January 2021, for academic […]
UPDATE: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS READING ROOM NOW OPEN TO ALL RESEARCHERS
In line with the latest Government announcement that Reading will enter Tier 2 at the end of the national lockdown, the reading room will be open to all researchers from Wednesday 2 December 2020. The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) will also reopen on 2 December. Please note that we can only accept reading […]
UPDATE: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND READING ROOM TO REMAIN OPEN
Following the latest Government regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic, The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) will close to the public at 5pm on Wednesday 4 November 2020 until the end of the lockdown period. However, from Thursday 5 November 2020, we will continue to provide access to collections through the Special Collections […]