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Chinese Collections at the Cambridge University Library:

From Cambridge to San Diego: Crossing Cold War Boundaries in the Chinese Collections by Cambridge Research Institute (published by CULA in 8/2026)

Encountering the Chinese Collections at Cambridge University Library by Eleanor Parmenter and Emma Laube (published in 6/2025)

New Series of Chinese Buddhist Texts 佛教版畫全集 at the University Library by Dr Noga Ganany (Faculty of FAMES)  (published on 6/12/2024)

New Chinese acquisition: Shandong wen xian ji cheng 山东文献集成 (200 volumes) by Dr Daniel Knorr (Faculty of History) - posted via Languages across Borders at Cambridge University Library (published on 22/11/2023)

Cambridge University Signs East Asian Partnership Agreement with UCSD Library in which Chinese collections are highlighted (published on 28/06/2023)

A Schoolbook for Chinese Emperors- 養正圖解 by Dr Charles Aylmer (published on 13/10/2016)

Oracle Bones and Unseen Beauty: Wonders of Priceless Chinese Collection Now Online (published on 22/07/2015)

 

Other Chinese Collections in the University of Cambridge:

Chinese Printed Books by St John's College (2016)

 

 

 

Contact US - Chinese Section

Chinese Studies Library/Research Guide: 
https://libguides.cam.ac.uk/chinese

Mailing Address: 

Chinese Section
Cambridge University Library
West Road 
Cambridge 
CB3 9DR

Tel: +44 (0)1223 333038

Office Location: 
East Asian Reading Room (Aoi Pavilion)
First Floor, South Wing, University Library

Opening hours


Monday to Thursday

9am to 6:50pm (staffed 9am to 5:10pm)

Friday

9am to 6:50pm (staffed 9am to 16:50pm)

Saturday

9am to 4:30pm (not staffed)

No fetching or transfers 12.30pm to 2pm, after 4:45pm (4:30pm Friday), and all day Saturday. Readers wishing to consult non-borrowable items on Saturdays, please order by 3pm on Friday, for transfer to the Manuscripts Reading Room for consultation.