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Item Open Access Published version Peer-reviewed Cambridge University Libraries Annual Report 2019-2020(2021-04-14) Roberts, StuartDuring the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, our reliance on technology and the digital world has never been greater. Just as Cambridge University Libraries have worked to recover our physical services, so have we grown our library offer online, responding to both the University’s and society’s need to facilitate teaching, learning and research. Our latest Annual Report celebrates the amazing digital collections of Cambridge University Library, which we, as one of the world’s great libraries and research collections, make available to a global audience. There has also been much to celebrate away from our collective response to the pandemic - we have seen the one millionth book deposited in our Ely store; the UL’s Special Collections recognized as being of ‘outstanding international importance’; and we celebrated the impact and legacy of Women at Cambridge over centuries.Item Open Access Faith & Fable Islamic Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library(Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge, 2011) AnsorgeThe first Islamic manuscript to enter the Library was a copy of the Qur’an donated in 1631 by the Arabic scholar William Bedwell. Since that time the Library’s Islamic manuscripts collection has grown in size and diversity to over 5,000 items. They shed a light on many aspects of the culture of the Islamic world, its beliefs and learning. Such a collection was amassed over subsequent centuries either from scholarly collectors or purchased by skilled librarians to add more depth to the already impressive range of treasures. But this extraordinary collection has remained relatively unknown outside the Library. Today, the aim is to change this with a number of different approaches. We are creating a fully searchable online catalogue of the manuscripts and digitising a selection of the most beautiful and interesting texts to make them available to the international scholarly community anywhere in the world via the internet. At the same time, the practical care of the original items, carried out by our own skilled conservators, will ensure their long-term survival for future generations. The Islamic manuscripts collection is supported within the Library by a team of specialists whose knowledge and skills, whether academic, practical or technical, aim to bring them to the attention of researchers. But only with a sustained programme of scholarly co-operation with experts outside the Library can the full content and significance of these texts be realised and their place in the wider context of Islamic scholarship become established.Item Open Access Annual Report 2012-13(2013-09) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 1998-99(1999-09) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2013-14(2014-09) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2014-15(2015-09) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2011-12(2013-09-26) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2010-11(2013-09-26) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2009-2010(2013-09-26) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2008-2009(2013-09-26) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access A Journey Around the World Mind(Cambridge University Library, 2010) Cambridge University Library; Fox, Peter; Jenkins, BrianBrowsing among the stacks of Cambridge University Library has been described as ‘walking around the world mind’ – this is one of the great libraries of the world. Our collections range in age from 3,000-year-old handwritten texts to current electronic articles, and in material from bone, papyrus, animal skin and palm leaf to paper and plastic. They are written in over 2,000 languages and originate from every continent on the planet. In this book we can give only a flavour of the variety of materials collected, preserved and made available to readers who themselves come from all parts of the globe.Item Open Access A Journey Around the World Mind(Cambridge University Library, 2005) Cambridge University Library; Fox, Peter; Jenkins, BrianBrowsing among the stacks of Cambridge University Library has been described as ‘walking around the world mind’ – this is one of the great libraries of the world. Our collections range in age from 3,000-year-old handwritten texts to current electronic articles, and in material from bone, papyrus, animal skin and palm leaf to paper and plastic. They are written in over 2,000 languages and originate from every continent on the planet. In this book we can give only a flavour of the variety of materials collected, preserved and made available to readers who themselves come from all parts of the globe.Item Open Access Annual Report 2007-2008(2008) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2006-2007(2007) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report 2005-2006(2006) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report for the Year 2004-2005(2005) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report for the Year 2003-2004(2004) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report for the Year 2002-2003(2003) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report for the Year 2001-2002(2002) Cambridge University LibraryItem Open Access Annual Report for the Year 2000-2001(2001) Cambridge University Library