There are over 100 libraries[1] within the University of Cambridge. These include Cambridge University Library, the main university library, affiliated libraries, departmental and faculty libraries, college libraries, and various other specialist libraries associated with the university. Across all libraries, the university houses approximately 16 million books.
Cambridge University Library, referred to within the university as "the University Library" or just "the UL", is the central research library. It holds around 8 million items (including maps and sheet music) and, in contrast with the Bodleian or the British Library, many of its books are available on open shelves. It is one of the six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom, and is therefore entitled to request a free copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland. Through legal deposit, purchases and donations it receives around 100,000 books every year.[citation needed]
Affiliated faculty/departmental librariesedit
There are thirty three faculty and departmental libraries associated with the main University Library, for the purpose of central governance and administration. This group is a growing network, with a remit to "maximise efficiency while catering to the diverse range of user needs."[2]
There is at least one library in every college within the university. All colleges have a working library, generally to support undergraduate teaching. Material in the college libraries will typically cover all Tripos subjects. Many of the colleges also have special collections such as early printed books and manuscripts, and are often kept in a separate library. For example, Trinity College's Wren Library holds more than 200,000 books printed before 1800, while the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, has one of the greatest early medieval European manuscript collections in the world, with over 600 manuscripts.
^"All Libraries". www.libraries.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^Cambridge University Library. "Annual Report for the year 2013-2014" (PDF). www.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Libraries of the University of Cambridge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Libraries of the University of Cambridge news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message There are over 100 libraries 1 within the University of Cambridge These include Cambridge University Library the main university library affiliated libraries departmental and faculty libraries college libraries and various other specialist libraries associated with the university Across all libraries the university houses approximately 16 million books Cambridge University Library the largest of over 100 University of Cambridge libraries Contents 1 University Library 2 Affiliated faculty departmental libraries 3 Departmental and faculty libraries 4 College libraries 5 Other libraries associated with the university 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksUniversity Library editMain article Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Library referred to within the university as the University Library or just the UL is the central research library It holds around 8 million items including maps and sheet music and in contrast with the Bodleian or the British Library many of its books are available on open shelves It is one of the six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and is therefore entitled to request a free copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland Through legal deposit purchases and donations it receives around 100 000 books every year citation needed Affiliated faculty departmental libraries editThere are thirty three faculty and departmental libraries associated with the main University Library for the purpose of central governance and administration This group is a growing network with a remit to maximise efficiency while catering to the diverse range of user needs 2 African Studies Asian amp Middle Eastern Studies Art and ArchitectureCriminology Library Education EnglishHaddon Library Marshall Library Medical LibraryMill Lane Library Moore Library Pendlebury Library of MusicCasimir Lewy Library Philosophy Seeley Historical LibrarySouth Asian Studies Squire Law Library Whipple LibraryClassics Divinity Modern amp Medieval Languages LibraryDepartmental and faculty libraries editAnglo Saxon Norse and Celtic Library Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Library Astronomy Library Balfour and Newton Libraries Department of Zoology Bullard Laboratories Library Department of Earth Sciences Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography Careers Service Library Chemical EngineeringChemistry Library Colman Library Biochemistry Computer Science and Technology Department Library Cory Library Botanic Gardens Department of Psychology LibraryEarth Sciences Library Engineering Library Experimental Psychology Fitzwilliam Museum Fitzwilliam Museum Department of Coins and MedalsFitzwilliam Museum Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books Genetics Library Geography Library Hamilton Kerr Institute Herbarium Library Plant Sciences History and Philosophy of ScienceHistory of Population and Social Structure Institute of Continuing Education Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Superconductivity Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences John Trim Centre Language Centre Judge Business School Information CentreKanthack and Nuttall Library Department of Pathology Latin American Studies Centre Lauterpacht Centre for International Law Old Library Lauterpacht Centre for International Law Finley Library Materials Science LibraryPhysiology Development and Neuroscience Library Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics Library Rayleigh Library Physics Scott Polar Research Institute Library Social Anthropology Library UCLES Library Cambridge Assessment Veterinary Anatomy Library Veterinary MedicineCollege libraries editThere is at least one library in every college within the university All colleges have a working library generally to support undergraduate teaching Material in the college libraries will typically cover all Tripos subjects Many of the colleges also have special collections such as early printed books and manuscripts and are often kept in a separate library For example Trinity College s Wren Library holds more than 200 000 books printed before 1800 while the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College has one of the greatest early medieval European manuscript collections in the world with over 600 manuscripts Christ s College Old Library Working Library Churchill College Churchill Archives Centre College Library Clare College Forbes Mellon Library Clare Hall Ashby Library Corpus Christi College Parker Library Taylor Library Darwin CollegeDowning College Maitland Robinson Library Emmanuel College Fitzwilliam College Olisa Library Girton College Gonville amp Caius College Upper Library Lower Library Homerton CollegeHughes Hall Jesus College Old Library Quincentenary Library King s College Lucy Cavendish College Magdalene College Pepys Library College Library Murray Edwards College Rosemary Murray Library Newnham College Pembroke College Peterhouse Perne Library Ward Library Queens College Old Library War Memorial Library Robinson College Selwyn College Bartlam Library Sidney Sussex College Richard Powell Library St Catharine s College Shakeshaft Library Sherlock Library St Edmund s College St John s College Old Library Working Library Trinity College Wren Library College Library Trinity Hall Old Library Jerwood Library Wolfson College Lee Seng Tee Library Lee Library Other libraries associated with the university editAncient India and Iran Trust Blackfriars British Antarctic Survey Cambridge Arctic Shelf ProgrammeCambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide Cambridge Theological Federation Centre for Jewish Christian Relations Henry Martyn CentreInstitute for Orthodox Christian Studies Institute of Biotechnology MRC Human Nutrition Research Margaret Beaufort Institute of TheologyMolecular Biology Needham Research Institute East Asian History of Science Library Ridley Hall Strangeways Research LaboratoryTyndale House Union Society Library Wesley House Westcott HouseWestfield House Westminster College West Hub Library Woolf InstituteSee also editBooks in the United KingdomReferences edit All Libraries www libraries cam ac uk Retrieved 25 October 2021 Cambridge University Library Annual Report for the year 2013 2014 PDF www lib cam ac uk Retrieved 29 May 2015 External links editCambridge Libraries All Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Libraries of the University of Cambridge amp oldid 1177260913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
