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The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from Leiden University

Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.

Published on 08 October 2024 Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. The dissertations were originally part of an exchange programme between (mostly European) universities until the year 2004 but were never catalogued on arrival. As Leiden University Libraries has limited space for growth in its stacks, it decided to deselect these dissertations, so that 3.2 km could be freed up for new acquisitions.

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