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[[Fasciculus:CambridgeUL.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Bibliotheca Universitatis Cantabrigiensis]]
'''Bibliotheca Universitatis Cantabrigiensis''' professoribus discipulisque omnium facultatum et collegiorum huius universitatis destinatur.
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The '''Cambridge University Library''' is the centrally-administered library of the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[England]]. It comprises five separate libraries:
* the University Library main building (commonly referred to simply as "the UL")
* the Medical Library
* the Betty and Gordon Moore Library ([[Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge)|Centre for Mathematical Sciences]])
* the Central Science Library (formerly the Scientific Periodicals Library)
* the Squire Law Library.
The Library was housed in the university's "[[Old Schools]]" near [[Senate House (University of Cambridge)|Senate House]] until it outgrew the space there and a new library was built. The large site on the western edge of [[Cambridge]] city centre is now between [[Robinson College, Cambridge|Robinson College]] and Memorial Court, [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare College]]. The current librarian is Anne Jarvis — the first woman to hold the post<ref>University of Cambridge. [http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009012601 Cambridge appoints first female University Librarian] 26 January 2009.</ref> — who succeeded Peter Fox on 1 April 2009.
 
==Architecture Historia ==
Haec bibliotheca, olim '''libraria communis''' vel '''bibliotheca publica''' nuncupata, ante annum [[1416]] condita est: eo enim anno [[Gulielmus Loring]] sic legavit: "Item volo quod omnes libri mei juris civilis remaneant in communi libraria scolarium universitatis Cantebrigg' in perpetuum."<ref>Sayle (1916) sub anno 1415</ref> Catalogus antiquissimus anno circiter [[1424]] confectum est.<ref>Bradshaw (1889) pp. 19-34</ref>
The library was built between 1931 and 1934 under architect [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], who also designed the neighbouring Clare Memorial Court (part of [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare College]]). It bears a marked resemblance to Scott's industrial architecture, a famous example of which is [[Bankside Power Station]] (the home of the [[Tate Modern]]). Its tower stands 157 feet (48 metres) tall, six feet shorter than the top of [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's College Chapel]] and ten feet taller than the peak of [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge|King's College Chapel]].
Contemporary reports stated that in opening the building, [[Neville Chamberlain|Chamberlain]] referred to it as "this magnificent erection", although this phrase is also attributed by tradition to [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]. The fictional "[[The Dark Tower (1977 novel)|Dark Tower]]" in the novel of that name (attributed to [[C. S. Lewis]]) was a replica of this building.
 
The library has been extended several times. The main building houses the Japanese and Chinese collections in the Aoi Pavilion, an extension donated by [[Tadao Aoi]] and opened in 1998.
 
==Legal deposit library==
As a [[legal deposit]] library, it is entitled to claim without charge a copy of all books, journals, printed maps and music published in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. This has contributed to the library's large holdings of over seven million books and 1.2 million periodicals. The library is open to all members of the University of Cambridge (although undergraduates in their first two years and University Assistants other than those who work at the library cannot borrow any books). As is traditional amongst British university libraries, research postgraduates and academics from other UK universities are allowed reference-only access to the library's collection, and members of the public can apply for access with an academical letter of introduction and on payment of a fee.
 
The library is unique amongst the UK's legal deposit libraries in keeping a large proportion of its books on open access and in allowing some categories of reader (for example Cambridge academics, postgraduates and final-year undergraduates) to borrow from its collection. It has a well-used "Tea Room" in which full meals, snacks and beverages are available. The library regularly puts on [http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/ exhibitions], usually free to the public, and featuring items from its collections.
 
==Special collections==
As part of its collection<ref name = lib> [http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections.htm Library Collections]</ref> of more than 7&nbsp;000&nbsp;000 volumes, the library contains a wealth of printed and manuscript material from down the centuries. These include:
 
*A copy of the [[Gutenberg Bible]] from 1455, the earliest European example of a book produced using moveable type.
*Library of [[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton|Lord Acton]], Catholic historian and Regius Professor of Modern History in 1885&ndash;1902. The extensive library (around 60&nbsp;000 volumes) collected by Lord Acton for research was bequeathed to the University Library on his death. The collection contains books from the 15th to 19th centuries, with emphasis on European history and church history. Many of the books contain annotations in Lord Acton's own hand.
*An archive of [[Charles Darwin]]'s correspondence and books from his working library (including copies of his own works).
*The Hanson collection, containing important books on navigation and shipbuilding, as well as maritime atlases, some dating from the 16th century.
*The Bradshaw collection, containing more than 14&nbsp;000 books relating to [[Ireland]], printed in Ireland, or written by Irish authors. This is one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. At present, the emphasis is on books printed in Ireland before 1850.
*The library of the typographer [[Stanley Morison]], who had close links with [[Cambridge University Press]].
*"The Royal Library," actually a very important collection of more than 30&nbsp;000 books assembled by [[John Moore (Bishop of Ely)|John Moore]] (1646&ndash;1714), [[Bishop of Ely]]. The collection was bequeathed to the University Library by [[George I of Great Britain|George&nbsp;I]] in 1715, hence the name.
*The library of the [[Royal Commonwealth Society]], containing books, periodicals, pamphlets, photographs and manuscripts relating to the [[British Empire]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]].
*The [[British and Foreign Bible Society|Bible Society]] library and the library of the [[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]] (SPCK).
*The [[Cairo Genizah|Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection]], a store of 140&nbsp;000 manuscripts and manuscript fragments, mainly in Hebrew and Arabic, from the Ben Ezra synagogue in [[Cairo]].
*[[Codex Bezae|Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis]], an important codex of the New Testament dating from the fifth century, written both in Greek and Latin. The Greek text is unique, with many interpolations found nowhere else. It was given to the University of Cambridge by the Protestant scholar [[Theodore Beza]], friend and successor of [[John Calvin|Calvin]]; hence the name.
*The [[Cambridge Songs]] (''Carmina Cantabrigiensia''), a collection of [[Goliard]]ic medieval Latin poems, preserved on ten leaves of the "Codex Cantabrigiensis".
*[[Edward Granville Browne|E.G. Browne]]'s collection of around 480 codices in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.
*Papers of [[Isaac Newton]], [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|Lord Kelvin]], [[Ernest Rutherford]], [[George Gabriel Stokes]], [[Joseph Needham]], [[George Edward Moore|G.&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Moore]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]], among others.
*Archives of the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]].
*Material and archives of the University of Cambridge, from probates and graces to records of various student societies.
*Around 1.5 million maps.
 
== Bibliothecarii ==
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=== Historica et biographica ===
* [[Petrus Fox|Peter Fox]], ed., ''Cambridge University Library: the Great Collections''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-62636-6▼
* David McKitterick, ''Cambridge University Library: a history: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-521-30655-8
* J. C. T. Oates, ''Cambridge University Library: Aa Historyhistory''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-521-30656-6
* [[Carolus Sayle|Charles Sayle]], ''Annals of Cambridge University Library 1278-1900''. Cantabrigiae: University Library, 1916
 
=== Collectionum et librorum descriptiones ===
* Stefan C. Reif, ''Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library: a description and introduction''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521583398 [http://books.google.fr/books?id=MDuYkcahsq8C&dq=Ceadel+Eric+obituary&source=gbs_navlinks_s Paginae selectae]
 
=== Collectanea ===
* [[Henricus Bradshaw|Henry Bradshaw]], ''Collected Papers''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1889 [http://www.archive.org/details/collectedpaperso00bradiala Textus]
▲* [[Petrus Fox|Peter Fox]], ed., ''Cambridge University Library: the Great Collections''. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-62636-6
 
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