Care in the handling of books
A reminder of good practice by Henry Creswick (University Librarian 1949-67), courtesy of the University Archives: Though much has changed since those times, the licking […]
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Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight
Next Wednesday (17th April) sees the return of Manuscripts by Candlelight at the University Library. This event first took place as part of Twilight at the Museums […]
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A previously unrecorded sewing technique from the 12th Century.
Posted on 11/04/2019 by Jim Bloxam A new essay, by Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson, has been published in Suave Mechanicals: Essays in the History of […]
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Discoveries in the reading rooms
Readers working with material in the University Library’s Special Collections reading rooms are accustomed to discovering new and exciting things every day, whether that be […]
Continue reading »Fit for a King: Designing a box for King Cetshwayo’s ostrich feather
The University Library’s collections are primarily books and archival paper materials, but within our stores lie a number of unusual treasures. These objects range from […]
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Challenging Challenger: The Fallout between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Society for Psychical Research
Post by Elizabeth Savage, PhD (Dunelm) “Do you conceive that a logical brain, a brain of the first order, needs to read and to study […]
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A new Archive Management System for Cambridge
There is a healthy tradition of collaboration among archives in Cambridge. Local archival repositories vary widely in size from large (like the University Library’s Archives […]
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Completion of Royal Commonwealth Society glass plate project!
This blog celebrates the completion of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s glass plate digitisation project, which over the last three years, has seen the release […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Introduction to Conservation
Cambridge University Libraries (CUL) has recently launched a two-year collaborative project with the University of Heidelberg. The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project aims to preserve, […]
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15th century manorial account roll discovered in clean archives!
Yes, actually ‘discovered’! Unlike some purported discoveries of archives (which are actually fully catalogued and have been available to (and consulted by) users for years), […]
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