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Francis Jenkinson: a pop-up exhibition

Posted on 7 October 2023 by Special Collections

Yesterday the University Library hosted a conference to mark one hundred years since the death (on 21 September 1923) of Francis Jenkinson, University Librarian for […]

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Collectors and collecting, librarians, Library history, Special Collections, women

Care in the handling of books

Posted on 15 April 2019 by James Freeman

A reminder of good practice by Henry Creswick (University Librarian 1949-67), courtesy of the University Archives:

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Cambridge University Archives, Collection Care, librarians, Library history, Uncategorized

Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books

Posted on 1 May 2018 by Special Collections

In March, the Japanese embassy in London held a reception for Professor Emeritus Peter Kornicki, who has received one of Japan’s highest honours: the Order […]

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Japanese, librarians, Library history, Special Collections

Silks, pearls and manuscripts

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Catherine Ansorge

On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]

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Cambridge University history, Collectors and collecting, librarians, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

‘With a zeal and skill beyond praise’: the first woman to work at the University Library

Posted on 20 July 2017 by Jacky Cox

The portrait of Anne Jarvis, first female University Librarian 2009-16, was unveiled on the 7th July. Inquiring into the identity of the first female member […]

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Archives, Cambridge University Archives, librarians, Library history, women

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