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Last updated |
1st December 2021 |
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Name of library |
The Lash Library, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology |
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Address |
12 Grange Road, Cambridge CB3 9DX |
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Telephone |
+44 01223 741039 |
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Fax |
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scj22@mbit.cam.ac.uk / info@mbit.cam.ac.uk |
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Website |
www.mbit.cam.ac.uk |
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Alternative names |
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Contact & Job Title |
Susanne Jennings, Curator of the Lash Library |
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Purpose & main user community of the library |
Theological library for those undertaking undergraduate & postgraduate degrees; researchers; members of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Theological Federation & Anglia Ruskin University |
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Terms of access |
Members of the above named institutions ; others by arrangement |
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Opening hours |
Institute opening hours; by arrangement |
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Disabled access |
Yes |
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Lending to other libraries & visitors |
No inter-library loans; visitors only with advance permission |
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Number of volumes |
around 5,000 volumes |
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Periodicals – Back Issues |
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Current Periodicals |
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Other materials |
TBC |
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Volumes added per year |
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Coverage |
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Special Collections |
Bequest of private library belonging to the late Norris Hulse Professor Nicholas Lash (annotated volumes, papers etc); Donations from Dr Lavinia Byrne, the late Sr Pamela Hayes, RSCJ et al. |
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Manuscripts |
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Research resource |
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Catalogue Type |
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URL of catalogue |
www.libraries.cam.ac.uk |
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Other facilities |
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Full Time Staff |
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Part Time Staff |
1 |
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Voluntary Staff |
1 |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
The Lash Library seeks to make a contribution to current & future research resources offered by & in liaison with Catholic specialist libraries in the UK. |