Leiden University celebrates its 444th anniversary in 2019, and a special age requires a special logo. The logo for the celebration was designed by Clara Lezla, a student at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague.

Copyright is important when writing, publishing or (re-)using academic publications. The Copyright Information Office helps Leiden University staff with copyright related questions.

Some books have particular features such as design, unique illustrations and descriptive annotations. These features can be of interest for specific research.

Copyright is designed to protect you as the author of your work (moral rights) and to encourage the distribution of your work (exploitation rights).

Course reserve shelves are a convenient way to temporarily group library materials together, for use inside the library.

What we now call ‘early printed books’ used to be ‘modern’ works in former centuries.

Welcome to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The quiet atmosphere in the libraries ensures an inspiring and pleasant study environment.

Explanation and background of Dutch copyright

The Scaliger Institute facilitates research in Special Collections by initialising projects, organising symposia, publishing research results and fellowships.

Your support enables the UBL to continue fulfilling its role for the Leiden University community. You can make a one-off donation or make donations on a periodical basis. Gifts can made for the library as a whole, or for a designated project, the purchase of a subject collection or the…

Our current projects using new digital methods and techniques.

‘Huis van het Boek/Museum Meermanno in The Hague exhibits book bindings by leading Dutch Art-Nouveau artists from the period 1890-1910. The exhibition will be open from March 22 to June 23 2019. The title of the exhibition is De Bijzondere Band: Art Nouveau-boeken van Dijsselhof, Lion Cachet en Nieu…

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History

A (digital) course reserve shelf offers the possibility to set library materials for a designated period aside.

A systematic review answers a central question by summarising (all) relevant studies.

Study support

A number of tools and services are available to help you keep up to date with the latest developments in your subject field.

Do you need help with writing your thesis or do you have a question about using the library? Take a look at the sources below.

The Centre for Digital Scholarship offers training, events and presentations for members of Leiden University on the many different aspects of digital scholarship.

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What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.

Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Gender and Women’s studies of Japan

Thanks to the financial support of our friends foundation (Stichting Vrienden van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden) Leiden University Libraries was able to purchase a very early topographic map of southeast Sumatra.

Leiden University Libraries revives Imperial Prague in Leiden with the exhibition Prague around 1600: Art and science at the court of Rudolf II. The exhibition can be seen from the 29th of September 2016 to the 10th of January 2017, in the exhibition hall of the Leiden University Library at the Witte…

Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) is an international system for the persistent identification of academic authors.

The photographs collection of Leiden University Librarie (UBL) contains specimens of almost all photographic processes from the history of the medium, rare objects and artistic highlights. Together, they shed light on the history of photography as a technique, a means of scientific, historic and personal…

There are several excellent options for teachers and researchers to engage students and other audiences with primary sources. Either by requesting items from the Special Collections for use during lectures or by integrating our educational resources into your lesson plans.

Han Meyer, Carola Hein, Paul van de Laar and Sabine Luning, argue that in the current moment of major crises these ship channels necessitate radical reconsideration.

‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he said: “Oh, you mean: lights out, stars on!” That’s not completely true, of course, because the stars are always on, but his phrase summed up the idea n…