@LibraryRobinson

Tweets from the Library of Robinson College, University of Cambridge

 Cambridge, England
robinson.cam.ac.uk/college-life/library
Joined August 2018
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Robinson College@RobinsonCamb15 Nov 2023
Applications for our online outreach scheme, the Robinson Access Programme, are now open! If you're in Year 11 or Year 12 and thinking about university as an option for your future, consider signing up. For more info ➡️ robinson.cam.ac.uk/prospecti…
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The Seeley Library@TheSeeleyLib4 Sep 2023
Welcome to Cambridge. Here is a brief overview of what our libraries have to offer. We look forward to welcoming you! youtu.be/H9fCRIPF8Ww?si=tDd_…
Interior of Seeley Library, Cambridge.

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chemlibrarian NO LONGER ON X@chemlibcam25 Jul 2023
Happening today at 3.30pm! @ChemCambridge
Cambridge Chemistry Gender Equality Network@GENChemCam24 Jul 2023
Join us tomorrow (25th) for a Q&A discussion with @AtheneDonald on her book “Not just for the boys: Why we need more women in science” 👩‍🔬 U202 (off Cyber cafe), 3.30pm @ChemCambridge Tea/coffee and biscuits provided ☕️ 🍪 📚 #genderequality #WomenInSTEM
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Maria Carnegie@Mariaacarnegie23 Jul 2023
Book spine #poetry is a wonderful way to be creative that anyone can try. Great example here from one of the awesome team @dulib
Durham University Library (no longer active on X)@dulib21 Jul 2023
Check out this lovely book spine poem, created by one of our team! 💜 If you're feeling creative, why not create some book spine poetry of your own? 😊
A series of books stacked in a pile with the book spines facing towards the camera. Library Square and Bill Bryson Library are in the background.

ALT A series of books stacked in a pile with the book spines facing towards the camera. Library Square and Bill Bryson Library are in the background.

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Museum Plantin-Moretus@plantinmoretus19 Jul 2023
Meet our decades-old book slide intended to rescue our library collection during a fire. Some time ago, we tested the instrument out. It is very effective but not great for the well-being of the books.*😬 (*No #rarebooks were harmed during the testing)
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National Garden scheme Cambs@GardenCambs11 Jul 2023
Robinson College Grange Road, Cambridge Open daily through July, tickets must be pre-booked in advance on the website. 10 original Edwardian gardens are linked to central wild woodland water garden focusing on Bin Brook with small lake at heart of site. findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garde…
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Robinson College@RobinsonCamb6 Jul 2023
We’ve just finished our first day of Open Days at College. Here’s one of our student ambassadors with another type of ambassador - Molly the Welfare Dog!
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Wolfson Library Cam@WolfsonLibrary16 Jun 2023
If you need access to study space or printed resources but aren't in Cambridge this summer, use the SCONUL Access scheme sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access to visit other academic libraries across the UK and Ireland. Join now as it can take a while for your application to be approved.
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Wolfson Library Cam@WolfsonLibrary30 May 2023
We are super-excited to be welcoming @thesiswhisperer to @WolfsonCam in June for a hybrid lecture wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about/even… and two in-person productivity workshops wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about/even… They're open to all. Book places now!
Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of Researcher Development at The Australian National University

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John Moffett @NeedhamResearch "Joseph and Dorothy Needham's engagement with China: newly available on-line resources" Thursday 18 May, 17:00 – 18:30 (BST) (Online event) Register here: jesus.cam.ac.uk/events/josep…
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ejournals & databases services@ejournalscamb4 May 2023
New e-resource : Gender, feminism, and the British Left 1944-1991 (British Online Archives) ejournalscambridge.wordpress…

New e-resource : Gender, feminism, and the British Left 1944-1991 (British Online Archives)

Cambridge University members now have online access to the digital archive Gender, feminism, and the British Left 1944-1961, published in the series British Online Archives. HOW TO ACCESS Also avai…

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David Woodman@DavidWoodman4528 Apr 2023
Good to see the muntjac patrolling the @RobinsonCamb grounds
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Cambridge University
@Cambridge_Uni20 Apr 2023
Calling all Cambridge students! Let off some steam and win a prize! 🗺️ Reach Out Treasure Hunt 📆 Thursday 27 April, 12.30-3.30pm 📍 ??? 😆 Instructions in the thread 👇 🧵
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ADRC@theADRC28 Mar 2023
Applications are open to the Charlie Bayne Travel Trust for 2023 (close date: 16 May). The trust awards travel grants to students with a physical or sensory impairment who are currently studying in Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni or @AngliaRuskin disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/s…
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jennifer burkinshaw@JenBurkinshaw23 Mar 2023
One bookshelf I never expected to be on - the alumni collection in the library of my former college, Robinson, Cambridge. #writingcommunity #yafiction#igloo #cambridgeuniversity
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Mary Hinton@MaryHintonum14 Mar 2023
This looks a cracker 😻👇
BL Printed Heritage Collections@BLprintheritage14 Mar 2023
Any PhD students fancy getting paid to loiter around stately homes and look at plates of plants?🌱 The BL +@nationaltrust are offering a joint fellowship to explore horticultural books, manuscripts and other materials! Deadline is April 6th. More info: rb.gy/wfw8ve
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Robinson College@RobinsonCamb2 Mar 2023
We’re in the library to celebrate #WorldBookDay and #WomensHistoryMonth. ‘Nice Girls and Rude Girls’ by Professor Deborah Thom is a history of women workers in WWI and part of an exhibition celebrating the published work of Robinson’s female Fellows and Senior Members.
Picture showing a hardback book, 'Nice Girls and Rude Girls - Women Workers in World War I by Deborah Thom, on top of a flyer advertising an exhibition in the library of Robinson College, Cambridge. Photo: Nicola Hardy.

ALT Picture showing a hardback book, 'Nice Girls and Rude Girls - Women Workers in World War I by Deborah Thom, on top of a flyer advertising an exhibition in the library of Robinson College, Cambridge. Photo: Nicola Hardy.

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Robinson College@RobinsonCamb20 Jan 2023
Join us in #RobinsonCollegeChapel at 6.30pm today for a musical meditation. 'Rest these hands' features work by Anna Clyne, Gillian Whitehead and Isabella Leonarda with performances by Eleanor Ryan, Isabel Dempsey and Jeremy Thurlow. Admission is free. #FridayFeeling
A collage of images featuring composers Gillian Whitehead, Anna Clyne and Isabella Leonarda (clockwise, from top left).

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Cambridge Technology Libraries@CamTechLibs19 Jan 2023
Our first @westcamhub training session of the term is tomorrow! 'Cambridge Library Basics' is a useful intro to libraries at Cambridge and how to find what you need from them in a few easy steps - perfect for new/returning students and staff. Sign up here: training.cam.ac.uk/tlib/even…
Image of punts on a river with workshop title in white text on black background

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English Faculty Library@eflcam19 Jan 2023
Now on in our Benson Gallery: "That was our place." The Cambridge of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, curated by Dr @DiBeddow. All are welcome to come and learn through maps, photos and books and Di's original research how they interpreted the local landscape in their poetry.🚣🐄🖊️
The screen in the gallery space with a photo of Granchester Meadows in the summer. The caption reads 'It is a country on a nursery plate' - 'Watercolor of Granchester Meadows" Sylvia Plath'.

ALT The screen in the gallery space with a photo of Granchester Meadows in the summer. The caption reads 'It is a country on a nursery plate' - 'Watercolor of Granchester Meadows" Sylvia Plath'.

Photo of the illustrated map of Plath and Hughes' Cambridge.

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One of the display cases with books and black and white photographs of Plath and Hughes.

ALT One of the display cases with books and black and white photographs of Plath and Hughes.

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