Cambridge University Library

1934–2009: Celebrating 75 years of the new University Library

Moving the Library

The new University Library was completed in the summer of 1934. From June to July that year, staff performed the logistical feat of transporting 1,142,000 books from the old library in the centre of the city to their new location in West Cambridge.

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