Libraries of the University of Cambridge

There are over 100 libraries^[1] within the University of Cambridge. These include the main University Library, twenty-one affiliated libraries, departmental and faculty Libraries, College Libraries, and various other specialist libraries associated with the University. Across all libraries, the University houses approximately 15 million books.

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.

Affiliated Libraries

There are twenty-one affiliate libraries associated with the main University Library, for the purpose of central governance and administration. The affiliated libraries are a growing network, with a remit to "maximise efficiency while catering to the diverse range of user needs."^[2]

African Studies	Asian & Middle Eastern Studies	Art and Architecture
Criminology Library	Education	English
Haddon Library	Marshall Library	Medical Library
Mill Lane Library	Moore Library	Pendlebury Library of Music
Casimir Lewy Library (Philosophy)	Seeley Historical Library	Social and Political Sciences
South Asian Studies	Squire Law Library	Whipple Library
Classics	Divinity	Modern & Medieval Languages Library

Departmental and Faculty Libraries

Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Library	Applied Economics Department Library	Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Library	Astronomy Library	Balfour and Newton (Zoology)	Bullard Laboratories Library
Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography	CUCAP	Careers Service Library	Centre for International Law	Centre of International Studies	Chemical Engineering
Chemistry Library	Colman Library (Biochemistry)	Computer Laboratory	Cory Library (Botanic Gardens)	Department of Psychology Library	Development Studies
Earth Sciences	Engineering Library	Experimental Psychology	Fitzwilliam Museum	Fitzwilliam Museum: Department of Coins and Medals	Fitzwilliam Museum: Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books
Genetics Library	Geography Library	Hamilton Kerr Institute	Herbarium Library (Plant Sciences)	History and Philosophy of Science	History of Population and Social Structure
Institute of Continuing Education	Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Superconductivity	Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences	Judge Business School Information Centre	Kanthack and Nuttall	Land Economy
Language Centre	Latin American Studies Centre	Lauterpacht Research Centre	Materials Science Library	Oriental Studies	Physiology Development and Neuroscience Library
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics Library	Rayleigh	Scott Polar	Social Anthropology Library	UCLES Library (Cambridge Assessment)	Veterinary Anatomy Library
Veterinary Medicine

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.

Christ's College (Working Library) (Old Library)	Churchill College	Clare College (Forbes Mellon Library)	Corpus Christi College (Taylor Library) (Parker Library)	Darwin College	Downing College
Emmanuel College	Fitzwilliam College	Girton College	Gonville & Caius College (Upper Library) (Lower Library)	Homerton College	Hughes Hall
Jesus College	King's College	Lucy Cavendish College	Magdalene College (College Library) (Pepys Library)	Murray Edwards College	Newnham College
Pembroke College	Peterhouse	Queens' College	Robinson College	Selwyn College	Sidney Sussex College
St Catharine's College	St Edmund's College	St John's College	Trinity College (College Library) (Wren Library)	Trinity Hall	Wolfson College
Clare Hall

Other Libraries associated with the University

Ancient India and Iran Trust	Blackfriars	British Antarctic Survey	Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide	Cambridge Theological Federation	Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations	Henry Martyn Centre
Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies	Institute of Biotechnology	MRC Human Nutrition Research	Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology
Molecular Biology	Needham Research Inst.	Ridley Hall	Strangeways Research Laboratory
Tyndale House	Union Society	Wesley House	Westcott House
Westfield House	Westminster College	Woolf Institute

References

1. "Libraries Directory". www.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
2. "http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/annual_report_1314.pdf" (PDF). www.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-29. External link in |title= (help)

External links

• http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/libraries_directory/libraries_directory.cgi