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Wed 5 Oct 2022
11:00 - 11:45

Venue: University Library

Provided by: Cambridge University Libraries


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Orientation tour: University Library [West Road]
Beginners

Wed 5 Oct 2022

Description

The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ...

Please note this tour does not cover the University's vast electronic and digital collections: to find out more about using these, please see check for courses on our timetable or ask a member of Library staff for help.

Target audience

UL staff interested in running orientation tours

Sessions

Number of sessions: 1

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Wed 5 Oct 2022   11:00 - 11:45 11:00 - 11:45 University Library map Jason Grace
Aims
  • To learn your way around the building and its print collections
  • To discover how to navigate our catalogues
  • To learn how to order from the closed stacks and find your book on the open shelves
Format

Walking tour and demonstrations

Duration

One session of forty-five minutes

Frequency

A number of times per term

Theme
Orientation

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