The University Library has recently acquired a collection of over 70 titles from the library of the late Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), a documentary film-maker, small-press […]
Continue reading »A few weeks ago, Cambridge University Library advertised this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize [entries due no later than Tuesday 14th January], […]
Continue reading »In June the Special Collections blog advertised an exhibition in the Library to coincide with a conference – held at King’s College – in honour […]
Continue reading »In June, despite much protest from historians, academics and librarians, a significant portion of the Mendham Collection in Canterbury – which had been publicly accessible […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Library is delighted to open this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize, which offers students the chance to win £500 by […]
Continue reading »The latest exhibition in the North Front Corridor marks the centenary of the birth of one of Cambridge’s most eminent twentieth-century librarians. Born on Christmas […]
Continue reading »The University Library holds many pieces of ephemera – notices, pamphlets and single sheets not intended to last or be preserved – which provide an […]
Continue reading »Herbals – collections of texts about the medicinal uses of plants and herbs – were compiled and used by many of the world’s great civilisations […]
Continue reading »The North Front corridor cases are currently displaying 16 volumes from a truly remarkable set of facsimiles, given to the Library in 2011 by Darko and Petra […]
Continue reading »As the ‘Shelf Lives’ exhibition draws to a close (Sat 16 June is the last day), here’s a round-up of more posts on the theme […]
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