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Cambridge Library Trainees

@LibraryTrainees

Library Trainees across @Cambridge_Uni colleges and @AngliaRuskin. Check out our blog using the link below!

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Want to know what we've have been up to? Come and visit our blog and join us on our library adventures. Plenty more to come! catalog.group.cam.ac.uk
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Good morning, sunshine! The Trainees are off to Homerton College to attend the CILIP East's: Applying to Library School event today. 🌞
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The Queens’ graduate trainee helped curate the latest exhibition in Queens Old Library which was shown today, entitled ‘Theatre of Insects: the history of entomology in Queens' Old Library’ 🪲🦋🐛🐜 Here are some photos of books taken during the curation of the exhibition!
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Read all about our visit to @cam_med_lib in our latest blog post 📚
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In April, we visited the wonderful @westcamhub. Read all about it in our write-up 📚 catalog.group.cam.ac.uk/2023…
Orange staircase and tall bright windows.

ALT Orange staircase and tall bright windows.

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Curious? Take a look at @theUL's behind-the-scenes video to learn more! youtube.com/watch?v=EH_rmdeT…
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Open Cambridge: Behind-the-scenes of the University of Cambridge...

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary You are invited to explore a state of ...

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Finally, we ventured down the Euston Road to @WellcomeLibrary, where we were able to see the collections, including the incredible art store. We ended the day by lounging around in the free-to-access library, viewing the masterpieces (pictured – and adding some of our own).
Various medicine-related portraits against a mahogany wall.

ALT Various medicine-related portraits against a mahogany wall.

Upper and lower floors of the Wellcome Library, with bookshelves on the first floor and long red wires holding up light fixtures.

ALT Upper and lower floors of the Wellcome Library, with bookshelves on the first floor and long red wires holding up light fixtures.

Two child-drawn pictures to the question 'Do you consider yourself healthy?', reading 'No I ear Plastic' and 'I am Rich'.

ALT Two child-drawn pictures to the question 'Do you consider yourself healthy?', reading 'No I ear Plastic' and 'I am Rich'.

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In July we descended once more upon London, and went to the mother of all libraries: @britishlibrary. We had an excellent personal tour, were able to venture into the basement stacks, explored the reading rooms. Safe to say we feel very lucky!
King's Library in the British Library to the left with books behind glass, and people at tables below and on a mezzanine floor.

ALT King's Library in the British Library to the left with books behind glass, and people at tables below and on a mezzanine floor.

Reading room at the British Library, with curved shelves in the background in a circular room.

ALT Reading room at the British Library, with curved shelves in the background in a circular room.

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A few of us made it to @TrinityCollCam to visit the Wren Library! Rare books abound here, including Newton’s collection, some Winnie the Pooh first drafts, a 'monkfish' and (unexpectedly) a piece of Voltaire’s dressing gown.
The Wren Library, with wooden bookshelves either side, a chequered floor and a white ceiling. Stained glass in the wall at the end with a statue in front.

ALT The Wren Library, with wooden bookshelves either side, a chequered floor and a white ceiling. Stained glass in the wall at the end with a statue in front.

Rare book with a drawing of a monk dressed up as a blue fish.

ALT Rare book with a drawing of a monk dressed up as a blue fish.

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Then it was back to school for our intrepid trainees, as they visited the library at Hills Road Sixth Form College @HillsRoadNews and gained an insight into school librarianship.🤓
Front of Hills Road Sixth Form College with silver van in foreground. Source: Geograph.

ALT Front of Hills Road Sixth Form College with silver van in foreground. Source: Geograph.

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Next it was across Sidgwick site to the Radzinowicz Library @CamCriminology, where the highlight was seeing their collection of artworks created by incarcerated artists, including a very large papier-mâché hippo head.
Front of the Cambridge Criminology Building. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

ALT Front of the Cambridge Criminology Building. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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We continued our faculty library trend with the @TheSeeleyLib, which contains the university’s History, Land Economy, Sociology, Politics, and Latin American Studies collections! It was great to look around such an iconic building, including being introduced to an original chair:
A wooden chair in the Seeley library.

ALT A wooden chair in the Seeley library.

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We then headed along the river to the @southbankcentre, where (after a nerve-wracking encounter with a singing lift) we visited @natpoetrylib and spent a happy afternoon questioning what a poem was (one unexpected question being: can it be a lemon?)
Multicolour stack bookshelves

ALT Multicolour stack bookshelves

Multicolour record cupboards with a record player under a sign saying 'Vinyl Collection: Vinyl of the Month'

ALT Multicolour record cupboards with a record player under a sign saying 'Vinyl Collection: Vinyl of the Month'

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Next the trainees ventured into London! First we went to the @BFI Reuben Library (which also featured in the St Bride talk!) We were excited to see some of the earliest newspaper reviews on Hitchcock’s Psycho and spent a large amount of time watching old docs in the Mediathéque.
Bookshelves and desks with red chairs in the BFI Reuben Library.

ALT Bookshelves and desks with red chairs in the BFI Reuben Library.

A pop-up book of Hitchcock films, with 'The Birds' page open with black crows flying out.

ALT A pop-up book of Hitchcock films, with 'The Birds' page open with black crows flying out.

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