The Fetcher who became keeper to millions of books
22 Nov 2019 Robin James has worked at Cambridge University Library for 26 years. Today, he leads the team responsible for the Library’s ‘Cathedral of Books’ – a...
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The man who tried to read all the books in the world
26 Oct 2017 One man’s quest to create a library of everything, 500 years before Google Books was conceived, foreshadowed the challenges of ‘big data’ and our...
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College Breweries: when drinking ale at University was safer than sipping tap water
22 Aug 2017 From a College brewery to 3D photography, there’s lots to discover behind the scenes in Cambridge libraries in Open Cambridge 2017
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From Shakespeare to Austen: King’s College celebrates the Thackeray Collection of rare books
18 Jun 2016 A generous award will allow King’s College to catalogue and conserve an important part of an outstanding collection of rare books given to the College...
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Buildings for books: the complete story of the library
13 Nov 2013 For 20 years architectural historian Dr James Campbell waited for someone to write a definitive book about libraries. When he decided to write one...
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The lost library of Eleonora Duse
23 Jan 2013 How her personal library informed the phenomenal talent of the Italian actress Eleonora Duse is revealed in a newly-published book that catalogues the...
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