Library Blogs

Highlight on some CAIRN ebooks purchased by CUL in 2023

In 2022, Cambridge University Library made its first large purchase of selected French and Francophone CAIRN ebooks, based on reject statistics from the previous few years (i.e. books that readers with a University of Cambridge IP address tried to access unsuccessfully). This … Continue reading →

Ukraine – books on loan : the September 2023 Slavonic items of the month

Some courses have already started in the University, but the majority commence next week, with students in the process of travelling to Cambridge and their lecturers in the process of completing preparations for them. We are therefore currently in a … Continue reading →

Centenary Swann

Musing about what to write for this week’s blog post, my colleague Kate mentioned that it was Donald Swann’s centenary this Saturday. A quick internet search revealed that he was born in Llanelli to an extraordinary family, so, of course, … Continue reading →

Funding opportunity for a PhD on German author Stefan Heym: the UL’s Stefan Heym Archive

Cambridge University Library is delighted to have received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) and invites applications for PhD studentships, starting in October 2024. The successful PhD candidate will receive funding to work on the Stefan … Continue reading →