Cambridge University Library

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

The Library in use

After the opening, the University Library quickly settled into its ongoing mission of delivering world-class library services to meet the needs of the local, national and international scholarly community. This series of pictures, taken in Lent Term 1935, shows how the Library looked in its opening months.

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Front 1935 Entrance Hall 1935 Catalogue Room 1935 Reading Room 1935 Anderson Room 1935 Periodicals Room 1935