Libraries of the University of Cambridge
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There are over 100 libraries{{Cite web|title=All Libraries|url=https://www.libraries.cam.ac.uk/libraries-directory/libraries-a-z|access-date=2021-10-25|website=www.libraries.cam.ac.uk|language=en}} 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.
University Library
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Cambridge University Library, referred to within the university as "the University Library" or just "[https://twitter.com/theul 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|date=August 2023}}
Affiliated faculty/departmental libraries
There are sixty 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."{{Cite web|last=Cambridge University Library|title=Annual Report for the year 2013-2014|url=http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/annual_report_1314.pdf|website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk|accessdate=2015-05-29}}
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| * Criminology Library
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| * Casimir Lewy Library (Philosophy)
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| * Squire Law Library
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Departmental and faculty libraries
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| * Balfour and Newton Libraries (Department of Zoology) |
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| * Careers Service Library
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| * Colman Library (Biochemistry) |
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| * Department of Psychology Library
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| * Experimental Psychology
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| * Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books (Fitzwilliam Museum) |
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| * Hamilton Kerr Institute
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| * History of Population and Social Structure
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| * Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
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| * Kanthack and Nuttall Library (Department of Pathology) |
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| * Lauterpacht Centre for International Law - Finley Library
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| * Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics Library
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| * Social Anthropology Library
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| * Veterinary Medicine
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College libraries
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.
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| * Clare Hall (Ashby Library)
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| * Downing College (Maitland Robinson Library)
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| * Girton College
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| * Hughes Hall
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| * Lucy Cavendish College
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| * Newnham College
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| * Queens' College (Old Library) (War Memorial Library)
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| * Sidney Sussex College (Richard Powell Library)
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| * St John's College (Old Library) (Working Library)
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| * Wolfson College (Lee Seng Tee Library/Lee Library)
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Other libraries associated with the university
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| * Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme
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| * Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations
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| * Institute of Biotechnology
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| * Molecular Biology
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| * Strangeways Research Laboratory
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| * Wesley House
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| * Westminster College
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.libraries.cam.ac.uk/libraries-directory/libraries-a-z Cambridge Libraries - All Libraries]
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