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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: The Unmaking of an Indigenous Saint: The Lives and Afterlives of Nicolás Ayllón Speaker: Dr María Gracia Ríos Chair: Dr Stephanie Rohner 📅 Monday 19 October · 5:15 PM 📍 SG1, ARB Further information: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se...

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

B I B L I O T E C A📖 Thanks to an extremely kind donation, we now have Scrabble in Spanish, Italian and Russian! #UniversityofCambridge

A Scrabble grid in Spanish. Intersecting tiles spell the words 'BIBLIOTECA', 'IDIOMA' and 'ESTANTERIA'

Scrabble grids in Italian, Spanish and Russian, alongside a bag of letters.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

- New study skills sessions, bookable via our bio - Hundreds of newly catalogued books and films - Small book moves in Spanish/Portuguese, and a refresh of our Italian history section - New docking stations allow you to use a second monitor whilst also charging your laptop #UniversityofCambridge

A shelf label in our Spanish section readin E3.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A rundown of what's new at the MMLL Library🎓 - Self-guided tours (as well as guided ones at 11am and 2:30pm for the next two weeks) - New Faculty Feedback boxes around the library - A new Click & Collect service to order Library Storage Facility books to MMLL (1/2) #UniversityofCambridge

A student at a desk, with their back to the camera.

A laminated paper clue hanging from a shelf in the library.

A wooden box labelled ‘Faculty Feedback’ in the MMLL Library.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're so excited to welcome students and staff back to Cambridge!👋 This week, the MMLL Library's opening hours are 9am-5pm on weekdays. From Monday 5th October, we will resume our term opening hours of 9am-7pm on weekdays and 11am-5pm on Saturdays. See you soon! #UniversityofCambridge

A wooden calendar reads ‘Thursday 1 October’. It stands alongside plants on a windowsill looking out over the Raised Faculty Building.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy early #EuropeanDayOfLanguages for tomorrow! We tried to build our own Tower of Babel but we have so many language books that it kept falling over... Enjoy some smaller selections instead - which language would you like to learn? #UniversityofCambridge

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In parallel, our fantastic colleagues and student ambassadors @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social have led visitors through activities from lectures to Q&As and creative translation workshops✍️ Contact us via outreach@mmll.cam.ac.uk and library@mmll.cam.ac.uk to arrange a visit! #UniversityofCambridge

A display of first-year texts in the MMLL Library. Superimposed text reads 'Plus, book displays...'

An open leaflet explaining the MMLL Library's classification system and its new library trail. Superimposed text reads '... and a new self-guided trail'.

A student at a desk in the MMLL Library. Superimposed text reads 'Contact us via outreach@mmll.cam.ac.uk and library@mmll.cam.ac.uk if you work with school children or youth groups and would like to arrange a visit!'

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This summer has seen the MMLL Library welcome over 300 school students across Open Days, Spelling Bee competitions and school visits📚

A workspace in the MMLL Library featuring a laptop and hands holding an open book. Superimposed text reads 'Summer outreach'.

A library catalogue terminal in the MMLL Library foyer. Superimposed text reads 'Ages 11-17. Budding linguists from year 7 to year 12'.

A student writing in a notebook in the MMLL Library. Superimposed text reads '330 visitors from schools'

A laptop in a workspace in the MMLL Library. Superimposed text reads '2 Open Days, 2 Summer Schools, 3 school visits, 3 Spelling Bees'.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yep! Unsure if makes up for how cold we get in winter…

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The heatwave is here☀️🥤 Thanks to our concrete walls the MMLL Library is often a relatively cool space on hot days - no guarantees of course, but try us out if you're looking for somewhere to avoid the heat in Cambridge over the next few days. #UniversityofCambridge

A pile of books with titles relating to summer, heat and heatwaves on a table in the MMLL Library. There is a cup of iced tea alongside them.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What do German number plates, Pippi Longstocking in Silesian and the Galician health system have in common? They're all the subject of books on our summer display celebrating oddities found in the MMLL Library! #UniversityofCambridge

The book display shelves in the MMLL Library foyer, with an A4 landscape poster reading 'fun library finds: showcasing the more unexpected material in our collections and ephemera left inside our books!'. The shelves are filled with books and printed ephemera hanging from the shelves with string and coloured clothes pegs.

A 1960s German discount card (Rabatt Sparkarte) for the Drogerie Werner in Heidelberg. The page to the right is filled with stamps contributing towards the discount.

A book entitled Frequent expressions in English for the Galician health system - it is open to a page providing translations for complaints relating to ears, teeth and vertigo.

The book display shelves in the MMLL Library foyer, displaying amongst others Pippi Longstocking in Silesian and a comic open to a page exploring Leonardo DiCaprio's dating history. In the right hand corner is an A4 poster defining the term 'ephemera'.

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Join @cirn-cambridge.bsky.social‬ Visiting Fellow @aliceparrinello.bsky.social for a colloquium about 'The Waste Question: Landscapes of toxicity and resistance in Southern Italy' on 10 June at the Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP Register at: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/50911

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 04/05/2026

The Star Wars Day x Medieval Monday mash up that no-one asked for or wanted... May the Fourth be with you. All images available on Digital Bodleian: MS. Douce 178, fol. 049v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79r; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 21v; MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 79v #MedievalMonday

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The MMLL Library is lucky enough to have several subscriptions to foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Our favourite arrival of the week is Zeit Magazin, as there’s always a delicious recipe inside!🥗 Find these filed together in our Student Room at Q.FOOD.27! #UniversityofCambridge

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Happy bank holiday weekend!🐣🐑 This is your reminder that the MMLL Library will be closed from 3rd-6th April, reopening on 7th with our vacation hours of 9am-5pm on weekdays. Photo by Alice Boagey📷

The Spanish and Italian sections of the MMLL Library, seen from the void on the second floor.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

All sorts of surprises appearing as we sort through book returns this vacation! What kind of things have you found inside a library book? #UniversityofCambridge

A museum ticket and a bus timetable. Superimposed text reads 'Ticket to Spain's national art museum from March 1990' and 'Bus timetable from Orléans in 1978'.

A Heffers bookmark and a tree services flyer. Superimposed text reads: 'For all your tree pruning needs!'.

A Marshall Library bookmark and a photo of Marilyn Monroe.

A Sainsbury's receipt, an invitation to a dinner at Trinity College and a ticket to the Hagia Sophia History Museum. Text reads: 'An insight into the student food shop!' and 'Invitation to a dinner at Trinity, 2004.'

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

There are still a few tickets left for the launch of Living Water tomorrow night! loom.ly/FSLQWrg

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

All you need to know about your library loans over the holidays!🫡

A background of daffodils. Text reads 'Vacation borrowing at the MMLL Library: March 2026.

The sculpture 'Span' on the Raised Faculty Building grass. Text reads 'Loans: Apart from short loans, all items will auto-renew throughout the vacation. You don't need to take any action.''

A tree on the edge of the Raised Faculty Building grass. Text reads: 'Requests: Requests are turned off from 17th March so that nobody can recall your items whilst you’re away from Cambridge.'

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It’s here! Our Year Abroad Photography Exhibition is up and ready to provide a nice dose of end-of-term escapism🌍 Our thanks go to Dott. Claudia Domenici for her assistance in coordinating the exhibition, and to the the MMLL Faculty for their contributions to funding. #UniversityofCambridge

A wall and table filled with photographs and captions.

A banner for the HML/MML Photography Exhibition in a Raised Faculty Building stairwell.

A poster for the HML/MML Photography Exhibition on an easel in the MMLL Library foyer.

A table featuring photographs displayed on wooden boxes and easels in the MMLL Library foyer.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 16/03/2026

Oscars looks 🤝 medieval manuscripts Some of these outfits felt suspiciously familiar, so we went digging in the collections… #MedievalMonday Shelfmarks: MS. Bodl. 265 fols. 58r, 60r; MS. Douce 364, fol. 61v; MS. Douce 195, fol. 003r

Conan O'Brien wearing a crown and a regal robe stands confidently on stage, with several individuals in red and gold robes behind. In the foreground, a tapestry-style illustration depicts three medieval figures with the person in the middle wearing a crown and a regal robe.

Emma Stone wearing a simmering white dress standing in front of a medieval illustration of someone wearing a white dress while holding a sword.

Kathy Bates wearing a light blue, elegant gown, stands smiling in front of a medieval-style illustration. The illutration features a medieval illustration with a figure small hoop wearing a light blue gown surrounded by decorative floral elements.

Jessie Buckley wearing an elegant red and pink gown next to a medieveal illustration of someone wearing a gown echoing the fabric

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Photo credits: 'Symmetry-Assymetry' by Emma Charlesworth, taken in Cafayate, Argentina, June 2018.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We are excited to announce the launch of our Year Abroad Photography Exhibition, in collaboration with the MMLL Faculty and Dott. Claudia Domenici. It will be displayed from 16th-20th March in the first instance, so pop by then for some end-of-term escapism and year abroad inspo🎨📷

A photo taken on a year abroad shows a man riding a bike with his hands in the air, on a road in Cafayate, Argentina. Superimposed on the photo is the text "HML/MML Year Abroad Photography Exhibition'.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

#WorldBookDay faves from the MMLL Library! A comic on Leonardo DiCaprio's dating history, German cosy crime 'Miss Merkel', a guide to cycling in Switzerland (in Romansh!) and culinary heritage from across the post-Soviet diaspora.

Miss Merkel alongside a magnifying glass.

Via e velo per Plasch e Flurina, held in front of Sidgwick Site bike racks.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

About last night…📚🍷 We were delighted to host a book launch event for ‘Digital Media, Memory and Heritage in Contemporary Rio de Janeiro: Reproducing the Past for the Present’ by Dr Victoria Adams. Victoria completed her PhD at Cambridge and spent a year working with us in the MMLL Library!

A poster for the book launch alongside flowers and food in the MMLL Library.

Chairs lined up in the MMLL Library alongside a bookcase covered in fairy lights.

A spread of food on a table in the MMLL Library.

The book Digital Media, Memory and Heritage in Contemporary Rio de Janeiro: Reproducing the Past for the Present by Victoria Adams alongside flowers in the MMLL Library foyer.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Best suggestion so far is Jules Ferne!

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Meet some members of the extended library team🤝🪴 Any punny suggestions for us? #UnivesityofCambridge

A plant at the issue desk in the MMLL Library. A label on the plant pot reads 'Madame de Leafayette'.

A plant on a shelf in the MMLL Library. A label on the plant pot reads 'Primo Leafi'.

A plant on a shelf in the MMLL Library. A label on the plant pot reads 'Plante Alighieri'.

A plant on a shelf in the MMLL Library. A label on the plant pot reads 'Miguel de Cerplantes'.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🌍 The new MMLL Faculty website has launched! www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/library @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

On Tuesday 24 February, join the Ambivalent Archives research group on a visit to the British Library to consider a range of print material, practice hands-on engagement, and consider the British Library's role in archiving in the UK today. 📚 Find out more about the visit: bit.ly/3ZmM7Af

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Ambivalent Archives visits….the British Library - CRASSH

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

POV: you’re studying in the MMLL Library… Everyone’s study set up looks different and we can help make yours work for you. We can lend you laptops, chargers, adapters, headphones, ear defenders, book rests, writing slopes and laptop stands. And books too, obviously! 💻📚🎧

A laptop connected to an external monitor, alongside a travel cup of tea.

A comic on a sofa in the MMLL Library Student Room, alongside a mince pie and iced coffee.

Books, ear defenders and blankets on a beanbag in the MMLL Library.

An exam paper on a writing slope alongside a pencil and water bottle at a desk in the MMLL Library. The window is covered in window film displaying the Alhambra in Granada.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

February marks LGBT+ History Month, and at MMLL we have gathered material tracing queer history across the MMLL collections!🏳️‍🌈 Across criticism, theatre, fiction and memoir the exhibition touches upon Nazi persecution, queer exile in fascist Italy, LGBT activism in Eastern Europe and more.

LGBT+ History Month exhibition in the MMLL Library. A poster reads 'LGBT+ history across the MMLL collections'.

The novel The Wolf and his King by Finn Longman is held in front of the LGBT+ History Month exhibition.

LGBT+ pin badges from the 1980s in Homosexualität_en / edited by Birgit Bosold, Dorothée Brill, Detlef Weitz

An excerpt from Ovida Delect's La vocation d'être femme : itinéraire d'une transsexualité vécue.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Can you decipher anything from the photo below?🤷‍♀️💭📷 As well as stocking commonly taught languages like Spanish, German and Russian, the MMLL Library hold books on Basque, Romansh and even ‘Emojitaliano’! #UniversityofCambridge

A page from Pinocchio in Emojitaliano, showing a page of text in Italian and its translation into Emojitaliano.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Snow on Sidge❄️ A wintery welcome back as we reopen! Pop by 9am - 5pm on weekdays for the remainder of the vacation.

Span (1967) by Philip King is seen on the RFB grass, covered by a dusting of snow.

Picnic benches between the Raised Faculty Building and Lady Mitchell Hall are seen covered in snow.

The Criminology Faculty and nearby bike racks in snow.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The library itself will be open on weekdays for anyone staying on into December, until we close for Christmas from 20th December - 4th January. Enjoy these autumnal shots of Sidge, and a summary of our vacation borrowing policies!🍂

An image of the Raised Faculty Building with yellow Ginkgo leaves in the foreground. Superimposed text reads 'Opening Hours: After Friday 5th December, our vacation opening hours will resume. We will be open 9am - 5pm on weekdays.'

An image of autumnal green, red and yellow crisp leaves on the ground. Superimposed text reads 'Library closures: The library will close from 20th December - 4th January inclusive. We look forward to welcoming you back on 5th January!'

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The end of another term is in sight! Well done to all those finishing up on essays, articles and teaching! You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!

An image of pink and purple skies on the Sidgwick Site on an autumnal evening. Superimposed text reads 'Vacation borrowing at the MMLL Library: December 2025'.

A photo of leaves piling up alongside bike racks looking out over the Criminology Faculty and the Law Faculty. Superimposed text reads 'Requests: Requests are turned off from 2nd December so that nobody can recall your items whilst you're away from Cambridge.'

A photo of a tree outside the Raised Faculty Building in Cambridge, with leaves turning orange and yellow. Superimposed text reads 'Loans: Apart from short loans, all items will auto-renew throughout the vacation. You don't need to take any action.'

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Relive the recent symposium on La Noire de… at the MMLL Library with our new exhibition! Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚

A poster from the La Noire de... symposium on display in the MMLL Library foyer.

An exhibition on Ousmane Sembène in the MMLL Library foyer.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Happy Bridgemas!⛄️ Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!

A snowman made out of black and white books in the MMLL Library foyer. It has a red crochet scarf and paper buttons and nose. Paper snowflakes decorate the window in the background.

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Call for papers 🌊 Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask? 20-21 April 2026 Murray Edwards College Deadline 31 Dec 2025 bit.ly/47S2nyb

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Our current exhibition is based around events happening locally to mark Black History Month, with a focus on audio/visual culture, from music and art to black divas throughout history.🎨🎼 Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!

A side-on view of the Black History Month exhibition in the MMLL Library foyer.

An up-close shot of a still from Touki Bouki, directed by Dijbril Diop Mambéty in The African gaze : photography, cinema and power / Amy Sall.

An up-close shot of the page captioned 'Whitney Houston performing at Wembley Arena' in Diva / edited by Kate Bailey, available at AZ.12.2 in the MMLL Library.

An up-close shot of a page in Stéphane Martelly's Comme un trait. The page is covered in handwritten French, with colourful drawings on top of the text.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

If you've been in the library recently you may have noticed the cabins for the Stirling Building refurbishment blocking some windows. Not to fear - we've replaced these with some sights we'd all much rather be looking out on! Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?

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ebooks@cambridge @ebookscamb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Lauren Berlant reading group 📚 Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4nFi9C0

Autumnal trees near the Alison Richard Building.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

- Foreign-language cookbooks to borrow🍳 - The Stirling Building is being refurbished. - Punny plants around the library!

The Stirling Building seen from the MMLL Library, surrounded by construction materials.

A display of foreign-language cookbooks in the MMLL Library foyer.

A plant pot on top of a shelf in the MMLL Library. The plant pot has a label reading 'Miguel de Cerplantes'.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

- External monitors for connecting to your laptop💻 - Posters using photography from students' years abroad. - Library tours throughout early October.

A poster of an Italian village on a concrete pillar in the MMLL Library.

A workspace in the MMLL Library where an external monitor sits on the table.

Flyers for booking library tours are held in the MMLL Library foyer. The text on them reads 'New to MMLL or fancy a refresher? Book a library tour via the QR code.' ' Tours will be held at 11am and 2:30pm on weekdays between 6th and 17th October.'

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

- An expanded and reorganised collection on wellbeing, popular fiction, activism and more. - Yoga mats for borrowing🧘‍♀️ - A growing Modern Greek collection, now located near the Medieval sections.

The Q collection in the MMLL Library Student Room.

A yoga mat is held up in the MMLL Library foyer.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Welcome to all those arriving in Cambridge for the new academic year!🍂📚 Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵 - Cozy lighting in the Student Room. - English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.

A photo showing a tree outside the MMLL Library where leaves are turning yellow. The following text is superimposed: 'What's new at the MMLL Library: Michaelmas 2025'.

A lamp and bookcase in the MMLL Library Student Room, accompanied by the text 'Cozy lighting'.

A photo of English-language fiction in translation. Titles shown include the Hunger Games in Italian, and Twilight in Polish.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Over the holidays we’ve been busy with book moves and collection expansion at MMLL! We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬 #UniversityofCambridge

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

If you desperately need an MMLL book during this time, you are welcome to email / ring the doorbell on the off chance that a staff member is in the library and can help - we cannot guarantee that this will be the case though! Happy holidays to all☀️

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The UL will be open during this period, and some Faculty libraries on the Sidgwick Site may also be open.

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MMLL Library @mmll-library.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

At MMLL we’ve been tracking the beautiful ginkgo trees outside the library throughout the seasons!🌳 As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.

Two ginkgo trees outside the library in spring, with green leaves.

Two ginkgo trees outside the library in autumn, with yellow leaves.

Two ginkgo trees outside the library in winter, with no leaves.

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

💥 CRASSH at 25! Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme! Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World' buff.ly/MdzMVzX

CRASSH at 25! Anniversary open calls, submit your ideas on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World'.

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