An A-Z of the University’s Museums and Collections
Earlier this month the University of Reading’s Museums and Collections collaborated on an exciting project for @52Museums on Instagram. The 52 Museums programme, which began in January 2016, sees a new museum taking over the running of the 52 Museums Instagram and Twitter page each week in order to share their collections, exhibitions, achievements and […]
Abbey Junior School explore our rare book collections
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian A fortnight ago, we were delighted to welcome three groups of UII (Year 5) girls from the Abbey Junior School with their teachers and the School Librarian, to view items from our Children’s Collection, the Great Exhibition Collection and the Ladybird Books archive. We started off each session by exploring […]
Nancy Astor: Reading and Parliamentary Archives collaborate on exciting new project
Special Collections are delighted to have been supporting this collaborative project, which celebrates the parliamentary career of Nancy Astor. We have been working closely with Dr Jacqui Turner in the History Department and with the Parliamentary Archives. A new leaflet has been produced to accompany the project. Look out for more Astor news in 2016 […]
Books in Unexpected Places
Join us for a fascinating series of short talks, discussions and displays at the Museum of English Rural Life on Saturday 21 November, 11.00am – 4.00pm. As part of the Being Human festival 2015, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, this one day event aims to explore the idea of the book by […]
Display of annotated rare books at ‘Books in unexpected places’ event
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian While writing in books is generally discouraged, annotations and marginalia in books can offer valuable insights into the impact of books in their contemporary and later contexts. As part of the ‘Books in unexpected places’ event taking place at Special Collections this coming Saturday, a display of annotated rare books will offer a glimpse […]
1915-2015: The Great War remembered – Special Collections Service Seminar Series
An interesting a timely new seminar series offered by the Special Collections Service begins here tomorrow, 1-2 pm in our Conference Room. This series of lunchtime seminars looks back at the events of 100 years ago, and the many ways in which we seek to preserve the memory of the First World War. To book […]
Reading University Library & Collections Services joins RLUK
We are thrilled to announce that Reading’s University Library and Collections Services (ULCS) is now a member of RLUK (Research Libraries UK), an alliance of leading libraries in the UK. The process to join was competitive, with an interview for shortlisted institutions. Four new members were selected: University of Reading University of Leicester Royal Holloway, University of London […]
Text or Archive? The Diaries (1800-1815) of Joseph Woolley, Framework Knitter: Talk by Professor Carolyn Steedman
Ladybird by Design: Fascinating talk with Lawrence Zeegen
A fascinating talk by Lawrence Zeegen with a pop up exhibition was held last night to celebrate the centenary of Ladybird Books. Let our University Archivist, Guy Baxter, fill you in: We were really pleased to welcome over 80 people to our Ladybird Books centenary event last night. They were treated to a really fascinating and enthusiastic […]
We the Humanities: A glimpse into our collections (and more)
Our very own Verity Burke, a PhD researcher in our collections-based research programme, is joining the international humanities Twitter account We the Humanities as this week’s guest curator. We’re pretty excited, and she has already been giving some great glimpses into our collections. @wethehumanities is led by a different guest curator each week; it offers a central […]