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http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk 06-03-2009 10:13:20
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Nice to see this today Cambridge University Library - the first private library catalogue to be printed in England (1726) of the collection of the Duke of Kingston at Thoresby Hall, Notts. A very rare book. Provenance: Sir Thomas Philips, Major J. R. Abbey, A.N.L. Munby. Fantastic engravings.
From children's literature to Greek manuscripts to medieval law compilations, this year's Fellows' Talk Series truly shows the diversity of research happening at Cambridge University Library. Book your free tickets now: loom.ly/BWO8MM0.
“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” Some pretty endpapers on a copy of the ‘Dialogen des Diogenes von Sinope’ (Leipzig, 1770), in which the German poet Christoph Martin Wieland gave a vindication of his philosophical views. A recent acquisition Cambridge UL Special Collections 7000.e.517.
Very happy to find Hoary cress growing in the staff carpark at Cambridge University Library. #WildflowerHour
Spent the morning at Cambridge University Library floating around just about the best exhibition I've ever been to. If you love crime fiction and are within, say, 1 to 2 thousand miles of Cambridge, you've got to go... and it's free to boot.
UK Web archive colleagues from National Library of Scotland & Cambridge University Library presenting a panel - Striking the Balance: Empowering Web Archivists and Researchers in Accessible Web Archives.
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Three successful oracle bone sessions Cambridge University Library. Grateful to Prof. Roel Sterckx FAMES_Cambridge for organizing and to Peichao Qin for expert instructions. Thanks to colleagues at the Chinese Section, Conservation, and Cambridge University LibrarySpecColl for their support. Attendees were highly engaged.
Fantastic to see this teaching session on some of the great treasures of the Chinese collections Cambridge University Library - under the expert guidance of colleagues from FAMES_Cambridge and our very own Dr Yan He 何妍.
Our Book Club choice for May is Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier. To discuss the novel with us, we’ll be joined by special guest Dr Lizzie Marx, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art at National Gallery of Ireland.
28 May 2024, 7-8pm. This is a free online event: lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really-p…
Great presentation by Liz Emrich-Rouge at Cambridge University Library this morning, accompanied by a fantastic book display featuring visual materials discussed in the talk. It can always deepen my understanding of our collections through researchers. Thanks to Liam Sims for coordinating this event.