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The IfM is located in the Alan Reece building on the University's West Cambridge Site [1] in the United Kingdom. Previously, the Institute was located in the former Cambridge University Press building in Mill Lane before relocating to its current building in West Cambridge in June 2009.
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.
The first set of regulations “for the Office of keeping the Library” were then formed in 1582. Little is known of the administration before the late sixteenth century. Before 1577 the University Chaplain had overall responsibility of the Library amongst other duties. [1] 16 potential Chaplain-Librarians have been identified. [2]
The Friends of the Cambridge University Library was established by a group of individuals, organisations and private donors who are committed to supporting the growth and development of the library. Members of the Friends regularly raise funds for future construction projects and archival restoration efforts, as well as the acquisition and ...
The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge.Founded in 2001, CRASSH came into being as a way to create interdisciplinary dialogue across the University’s many faculties and departments in the arts, social sciences, and humanities, as well as to build bridges with scientific subjects.
The Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) at the University of Cambridge houses the university's Faculty of Mathematics, [1] the Isaac Newton Institute, and the Betty and Gordon Moore Library. It is situated on Wilberforce Road , on a site which was formerly a St John's College playing field, and has been leased by St John's to the university ...
The "Faith Collection" will have works from many different religious beliefs, including Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. The Library's collections include some of the earliest Qur'an fragments on parchment, a section of devotional works and mystic treatises, a unique copy of the Kitāb al-Tawhīd by al-Māturīdī, and the first known Qur'an commentary written in Persian.
The newly refurbished Philosophy Library was renamed the Casimir Lewy Library and opened by Edward Craig on 23 September 2000. [10] Casimir Lewy was a University Reader and Fellow of Trinity College who had been an inspirational teacher. [2] Many of his former students made donations towards the refurbishment of the Library.