Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge University Library
@theUL
Billions of words, millions of books, thousands of years of human thought and discovery. We are one of the world's great libraries.
- “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ― Cicero Primroses at the UL, March 2025.
- We are delighted to announce that the missing #TreeOfLife notebooks belonging to Charles Darwin have been safely returned to the UL. Read the full story: loom.ly/2tTBXNY #DarwinAppeal
- These beautiful embroidered bookbindings from the 16th - 17th centuries are pretty spellbinding✨ Typically found on small format devotional texts, embroidered bindings represent an important legacy within the history of bookbinding & if you ask us, they are pretty stunning!
- This is Odysseus (the cat). Only now do we realise that his epic journey led not, as Homer believed, to Ithaca — but to Cambridge University Library 📚🐈
- We're 'saving' the floppy disk on World Digital Preservation Day 💾 Cambridge University Library is a crucial step closer to safeguarding floppy disk knowledge following the award of @BritishAcademy_ funding. Discover more: loom.ly/9MUpM98 #WDPD2024
- Replying to @TheMERLHow did we miss this - when we had this must-read to add to the fray. DUCKS: AND HOW TO MAKE THEM PAY by W Cook
- Have you met Odysseus, the unofficial UL cat? Here he is arriving for his shift at the library...
- We've launched a public appeal for help in tracking down two missing notebooks belonging to Charles Darwin - one of which includes his iconic Tree of Life sketch. We are heartbroken by the loss. Can you help? Find out more here: cam.ac.uk/stories/Darwin… #TreeOfLife #DarwinAppeal
- Hundreds of medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts – including some of the most important works on religion, mathematics, history, drama and philosophy – are to be made available to anyone with access to the internet. cam.ac.uk/greekmanuscrip…
- The mighty Odysseus guarding the gates to #CambridgeUniversityLibrary 🐾 #Caturday #CambirdgeUniversity
- Ok, it’s time to ‘fess up. Who ate a Fry’s Crunchie bar in the UL and hid the wrapper behind some books? Mark in our facilities team got a surprise when he unearthed this chocolate relic recently. Who can help us date it? #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #Cambridge
