Some of the lovely first editions from our Tower Collection.

Yes, Orkney Library. Yes we would.

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Two of the music library team will be performing at the launch festival for the Centre for Music Performance this Saturday. Kate Crane and Margaret Jones (the Daisy Belles in their first and possibly last appearance) will be presenting an hour of Victorian / Edwardian music...

Want to know what this contraption is?
And who cracked this egg?
Want to get closer than ever before to 200yr old fish... without the smell!?
lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/darwin-3d
Then you want to know more about digitising Darwin's collections in #3D ?
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Blog post with further details of Cambridge University Library's new Digital Preservation Deposit Service available
digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/deposit-servic…

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We're delighted to announce the Sandars Lecture series 2022!

Being delivered by Prof Cristina Dondi, the lectures will focus on the making and dispersal of incunabula (early printed books) as well as the European printing revolution. loom.ly/j52DuJY

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We're so proud to be home to the archives of Newton, Darwin and Professor Stephen Hawking - allowing us all to stand on the shoulders of giants.

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Spooky twilight library. Blink and you’ll miss it - a bat flying round Cambridge University Library this evening. 🦇 💚 #LateDutyLibrarian #365DaysWild

Jessica Gardner Cambridge University Library One of the manuscripts in #CuriousCures contains much guidance for women's 'prevy sickenes', in order to counter the shame that they were made to feel by the behaviour of 'uncurteys men' (MS R.14.52 Trinity Library mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.1…) /1

Today is #WorldMenopauseDay2022 and at Cambridge University Libraries Cambridge University Library we are raising awareness of information and support for our staff, highlighting that the menopause is a natural stage of life. It’s ok to talk about it and ask for help.

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🃏 It’s National Playing Card Collection Day & here are a couple of gorgeous decks in our collections.

1️⃣ The counties of England from 1860s: loom.ly/KnEYGbI
2️⃣ Ganjifa, a card game associated with Persia & India, early-18thC: loom.ly/tBo_pc4

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In 1909, Cambridge University was the centre of international celebrations for Charles Darwin’s centenary, but how did #Cambridge come to claim #Darwin for its own?

This talk will explore the enduring importance of Cambridge connections to his life and career: loom.ly/Ci2wLpQ

The latest Ukraine blog post from Cambridge University Library's Collections & Academic Liaison department focuses on Lesia Ukrainka's play 'Cassandra', whose Omnibus Theatre run can be streamed online FROM this evening for 24 hrs, for a donation!

europeancollections.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/of-…

This is what we had. What did you have?
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Perhaps you're after text or images in a format that suits you?

Explore our Document Delivery Services LibGuide to connect with the content you’re searching for

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We're really pleased to hear that Joseph Bills (MPhil in Japanese Studies), winner of the 2022 Rose Book Collecting Prize, is also the joint winner of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association national prize! He's written on his collection of Japanese illustrated books here: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=23398

A proud day for Digital Preservation team Cambridge University Library! We built a cloud-native Deposit Service to take in digital archive collections and today it is LIVE! More info and blogs will follow but today it's time to celebrate Caylin Smith John Gostick! 😊 #digitalpreservation

🎵 Join us for a special concert exploring the Darwin family’s engagement with #music across two centuries.

Performances include music the #Darwin family engaged with and premieres pieces composed about their work: loom.ly/qiSsthk

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