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Wed 27 Oct 2010
16:00 - 16:45

Venue: Cambridge University Library

Provided by: Cambridge University Library


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Orientation tour
BeginnersUpdated

Wed 27 Oct 2010

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 ...

Target audience
  • University Staff & Students
  • UL Readers

Particularly suitable for those new to the UL

Sessions

Number of sessions: 1

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Wed 27 Oct 2010   16:00 - 16:45 16:00 - 16:45 Cambridge University Library
Aims
  • To find 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

Further resources

You can find out more about the Library, its collections and its facilities in the Powerpoint presentation Welcome to the University Library

Notes

To enter the University Library you must have either a current University of Cambridge ID card or a current Reader's Ticket. For more information and to apply for a Reader's Ticket, please see the Admissions webpages

Duration

One session of forty-five minutes

Frequency

A number of times per term

Theme
Orientation

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