Before Endeavour: Joseph Banks and his travels in England and Wales
A guest post by Edwin Rose, PhD student in the Department of the History & Philosophy of Science, working on ‘Managing nature in the age […]
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The school years of Dame Muriel Spark
This post is by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime, Rare Books Superintendent, who is cataloguing a varied collection of school magazines recently acquired by the Library. When you […]
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‘Truth-Untruth’: Brexit through letterpress
This post is by Alan Qualtrough, a letterpress artist, graphic designer and typographer based in Plymouth who met two of the Library’s staff at a […]
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Recognising books made in Cambridge: the Cambridge Bookbindings Project
This post is by Dr David Pearson, until 2017 Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation, who is currently engaged […]
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Annual Liberation Literature Lecture: Parisian women and the Nazi occupation
We are delighted to announce that the annual Liberation Literature Lecture, held in partnership with Clare Hall, will be delivered by award-winning author Anne Sebba. […]
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Material Evidence in Incunabula – guest post
The following post has been written by Ester Peric, an intern in the Rare Books Department for the month of August updating MEI records (material […]
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Devotion Made Digital: Encoding CUL MS Ll.5.18
Guest post by Katherine Dixon, a PhD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge, on her experience of collaborating with the Cambridge Digital Library. […]
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion
Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion: Home of the East Asian Collections at the University of Cambridge On 8 June, 1998, Lord Broers, then […]
Continue reading »Lectures: A material history of the Bible in England 1200-1600
A forthcoming public lecture series at Cambridge University Library: A Material History of the Bible in England, 1200-1600 by Dr Eyal Poleg, Senior Lecturer in […]
Continue reading »Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books
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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