MMLL Library, University of Cambridge

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Our opening hours are likely to remain 9:00am - 7pm on weekdays and 11am - 5pm on Saturdays in term time, and 9:30am - 5pm on weekdays outside of term. Do check our Instagram or website, though, as these will be most up to date!

Here’s your reminder to wrap up warm (like Owly) before you hit the Sidgwick Site today!🥶❄️

As the weekend approaches, here’s a message we definitely endorse!💕

Thank you, !

A new academic year means that Tea at 3 is back!⏰☕️

Come along to the MMLL Library foyer for a brew, a biscuit and a break from work.

Join us at 3pm on Wednesday afternoons throughout term.

Olympic mania comes to MMLL! If you look hard, you can find a few nods to the Games in our collections: from staples like Chariots of Fire (VID.Z.HUDS.1) to studies on Catalan language and identity in the context of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (CAT9.D.8, CAT9.D.9).👟
 
Or, if you’re still feeling the Tour de France fever, read about one of the precusors to the bicycle and the craze it caused in ninenteenth-century France (F9.D.242)!🚴🚴‍♀️

☀️SUMMER CLOSURES☀️

We hope you’ve been enjoying a restful summer! The MMLL Library team will also be taking a bit of a summer break, with the library closing on Friday 26th July and from Friday 2nd August - Monday 26th August inclusive.

The UL and other libraries on site will be open during this time - we recommend checking their opening hours online before setting out.

Our email address ([email protected]) will also be monitored intermittently during the closures - feel free to email us if you have a query, but do be prepared for a possible delay in response!

We look forward to welcoming you back and preparing for a new academic year from Tuesday 27th August!📚

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Here’s your reminder to return your MMLL books after your exams! Please note, though, that we may be judging the way you place them on our return trolley…😋

Which one are you?

What’s better than Tea @ 3? How about Tea @ 3 twice a week!☕️

Since it’s exam season, we’ve decided to hold Tea & Biscuits on both Wednesdays and Fridays until the end of exams. Pop by tomorrow to help us deplete our stocks of Oreos and Oatly!🍪

With exams just around the corner, we’re making sure that you can easily take a break when you need it at MMLL😌

Let out any pent-up exam stress by tearing up old books / magazines and turning them into something new: we’ve got stations for collaging, blackout poetry, colouring and origami📜✂️

You also find a big Eiffel Tour jigsaw on the go in the foyer, and of course free Tea & Biscuits on Wednesdays at 3pm!

Good luck to all MMLers with oral exams this week! Once they’re over, come and celebrate by joining us for textiles and tea in the RFB!☕️

Textile artist and writer Clare Hunter will be in Cambridge on Wednesday 24 April and will join us for afternoon tea in the Lecturers’ Common Room (RFB first floor) from 3-4pm. Following her inspiring talk in March, Clare is coming to meet us in person and to chat to us about the Autoportrait en vert quilt project.

She will be on hand to see anything you’ve done so far, or chat to you about your ideas. If you feel inspired after the session, there will be plenty of materials to take away with you from the library.🧶

🎬 Please be aware that 360° filming will be taking place in the MMLL Library between 2pm and 5pm on Wednesday 17th April.

Due to the nature of a 360° image, you may be asked to move briefly or to stay still if possible whilst the filming is taking place.

Email or speak to the library team if you have any questions!