Programme 2024-25

Our events for the 2024 - 25 season (running from September-July) are listed below. Attendees will be sent joining instructions prior to the meeting. 

If you have any event suggestions, please email the committee camlibgroup@gmail.com

Upcoming Events (see below for full details)

Thursday 17th October: AGM and talk by Stephen Archer, Sub-Librarian, Trinity College (in person)

Thursday 28th November: Matthias Ammon, German Historical Institute London (online)

December: Christmas Social (in person)

January: Twelfth Night, CUP Bookshop (in person)

Thursday 13th February: Stephanie Hogan, Service Development Specialist (online)

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Friday 13th September: Tour of Newnham College Library with Amanda Hawkes and colleagues.

Amanda Hawkes and colleagues will be giving a tour of Newnham College Library.

There will be an opportunity to see The Bletchley Park exhibition, as well as the JaffĂ© exhibition of  books illustrated by women wood engravers, and the newly refurbished Rare Books Reading room.

This event is members only and is limited to 20 people only. 

5.30pm start, the tour will last approx. 1 hour.

Please meet at the Porter's Lodge at 5.20pm.

This will be an in person event.

Thursday 17th October: AGM and talk by Stephen Archer, Sub-Librarian, Trinity College

AGM starts promptly at 5.30pm, please join us from 5.15pm for networking.

Steven Archer's talk will start at 6pm, followed by an optional tour of the Wren Library.

Tales of a (College) Librarian: what we actually do and why we do it

In this talk, Steven will highlight the range of different tasks required of a College Librarian in an effort to dispel the myth that we simply sit in a sleepy corner of our colleges reading books or poring over medieval manuscripts all day.  Using examples his career so far, he will talk about some of the highs and lows of working in these unique environments with one or two (hopefully) amusing anecdotes along the way.
 
Bio
Steven Archer is the Sub-Librarian at Trinity College, Cambridge where he manages the day-to-day running of a large college library, overseeing reader services, rare books and special collections, the College Archive and the Wren Digital Library.
 
Before joining Trinity in September 2020, Steven was the College Librarian at Trinity’s sister college in Oxford, Christ Church, and before that had worked as Curator and Digital Projects Librarian at the Parker Library, Cambridge and as Assistant Librarian at Christ’s College, Cambridge.  His only hiatus outside of Oxbridge college libraries was spent as Head of Reference at the London Library.
 
Tour info
After the talk, Steven will lead a tour of the Wren Library where there will be a chance to admire Wren’s architecture and to see a specially curated display of treasures from across the Library’s holdings.
 
Please note that the meeting room and the Library are only accessible by a flight of stairs; there is no lift access.

Thursday 28th November: Matthias Ammon, German Historical Institute London

Matthias Ammon is Head Librarian at the German Historical Institute London. Prior to taking up this position in July 2023 he worked in various roles across Cambridge University Libraries, most recently as Research Support Librarian in the Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Library.

Matthias will be joining us to talk about running a specialist library with no institutional affiliation and his experience to date.

5.45pm for a 6pm start.

This will be an online event via Microsoft Teams.

December: Christmas Social

This will be an in person event.

Details TBC

January: Twelfth Night, CUP Bookshop

Join us at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop for a Twelfth Night Celebration. Browse the bookshop and catch up with colleagues and friends.

This is a members only event and starts at 6pm. This will be an in person event.

Thursday 13th February: Stephanie Hogan, Service Development Specialist

This will be an online event via Microsoft Teams.