A stuffed toy chick and some daffodils in the Architecture and History of Art Faculty Library, Cambridge. Accompanying text gives details of Easter vacation opening hours, from 9:30 to 16:30 Monday to Friday, until April 27th.

We hope all our users are taking a break over the Easter vacation, but we also know sometimes work is unavoidable! As a gentle reminder, the AHA library is still open Mon-Fri but closes slightly earlier over the vacation period, at 16:30 each day. 🐇

A stuffed toy chick and white daffodils on a shelf in the Architecture and History of Art Library in Cambridge.

The AHA library team wishes all their users a happy Easter and a restorative break!

Did you know that The Times issues are available to view and search online? Check out "The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019" in iDiscover!

A photo of Victoria standing in the AHA Library Rare Books room, holding The Times newspaper from 1940 in her hands and smiling.

Victoria from the Casimir Lewy Philosophy Library discovered a 1940 special issue of The Times in one of our rare books! It is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing by movable type, and you can look at it in the library.

The photo of Lingzheng Zhu's installation at the AHA Faculty gallery. A laptop with software changing voice tones into visual patterns and words and displaying them is in the foreground. In the background, a film made by Zhu at the Sheep's Green common grounds is projected on the wall.

A close up of a still from a film made by Zhu at the Sheep's Green common grounds that is projected on the gallery wall.

A colour photo of Lingzheng Zhu, taken from below. Above on the ceiling there is a projection that is part of the pop-up exhibition.

A colour photo of Lingzheng Zhu's installation at the AHA Faculty gallery. A laptop with software that changes voice tones into visual patterns and words and displaying them is in the foreground, on the table. Next to the laptop, there are mirrors and wood bark taken from he Sheep's Green common grounds. In the background, a film made by Zhu at the Sheep's Green common grounds is projected on the wall. The installation author is smiling and sitting on the chair next to the exhibition.

A creative approach to Arch PhD research: in ‘The Moon Ripples: A Dream of the Digital Machine’ Lingzheng Zhu reflects on the role of architecture in constructing interconnected realities through digital means and on the potential of digital interactivity to mediate experiences of space and place.

Painting featuring a glass teapot filled with brown liquid on a white surface next to piles of books in rows

Tea and books 2' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

Read more about Evelyn Dunbar in 'Women's contributions to visual culture, 1918-1939' by Karen Brown, available in our library

Poster advertising the group writing sessions at Cambridge University Library.

This Easter vacation, join us at Cambridge University Library's in-person group writing sessions!

⏰ 31 March, 14 April & 28 April, 9.30am - 12pm
📍Cambridge University Library
👋Open to all students and researchers
🔗Find out more and book your spot: loom.ly/31UWWy0

Access to Electronic Legal Deposit Restored Readers across Cambridge University Libraries have access to the Electronic Legal Deposit collections of e-books and e-journals restored.

📣 Electronic Legal Deposit resources are back online at Cambridge University Libraries!

📍 Find your nearest Electronic Legal Deposit terminal and get up to speed with the new interim system:
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A colour photo of the 'Where Shadows Linger...' exhibition, featuring black and white photos of Chinese gardens, close ups of plants and and trees, placed horizontally and vertically on a display cabinet and on the walls. In the centre of a photo is a thin transparent silk print of tree branches, hanging from the top of the arch to the cabinet, with the light shining through. Two lamps are lighting the display, and the green crawling plant hanging above the photographs and resting on some.

An image of the vertical poster for the exhibition, a high contrast abstract photograph of the tree leaves' shadows. The title is 'Where Shadows Linger: A Monochrome Journey Through The Chinese Garden. Huiyi Yin First Solo Photography Exhibition'.

A group photo of the visitors of the exhibition in the library History of Art Room, with the artist in the centre and 20 people around, sitting and standing. On the foreground there is a long table with drinks and snacks, and the exhibition is behind the group.

Check out the new library exhibition 'Where Shadows Linger: A Monochrome Journey through the Chinese Garden' by the MPhil student Yin Huiyi 尹慧仪, showcasing her captivating photography. The exhibition is open 18 February - 18 March 2025. More info in our LibGuide libguides.cam.ac.uk/architecture...

A colour photo of the long table in the Architecture room of the AHA Library, with all issues of Scroope journals placed on the table.

A colour photo of Nicholas Frayne, one of the Scroope journal editors, standing with the new issue of Scroope in his hands. On the foreground the past issues of Scroope are visible, lying on the long table.

A colour photo of Nicholas Frayne, one of the Scroope journal editors, talking to the audience that gathered around the table. On the foreground the past issues of Scroope are visible, lying on the long table.

A colour photo of Nicholas Frayne, one of the Scroope journal editors, talking to the audience that gathered around the table. On the foreground the past issues of Scroope are visible, lying on the long table.

On Feb 19 the library welcomed the launch event for the new 'Disenclosure' issue of the Scroope architecture journal. Visitors browsed journal volumes from the library collections (starting from 1989!). Read Scroope online: diamond-oa.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1812/25

A photo of a tiny house clay figurine - part of Hugge library display

A photo of the library Hugge display, with the selection of books, warm socks to borrow, and fairy lights by the books.

A photo close up of one of the Hugge library display books - "Adultgood is a myth", with paper houses in the background.

Check out the newest book display at the AHA Library, devoted to Hugge / Koselig - feeling of coziness, particularly important during cold winter months!