| Last updated |
3rd January 2020 |
| Name of library |
Woolf Institute |
| Address |
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0UB |
| Telephone |
01223 761984 |
| Fax |
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| E-mail |
library@woolf.cam.ac.uk |
| Website |
www.woolf.cam.ac.uk |
| Alternative names |
Formerly : Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations |
| Contact & Job Title |
Dr Emma Harris, Director of Studies |
| Purpose & main user community of the library |
To support students, academic staff and researchers in the academic study and researchers in the academic study and research of Jewish-Christian-Muslim studies |
| Terms of access |
Members of the Cambridge Theological Federation and the University of Cambridge are granted access automatically; external researchers/visitors should contact the subject librarian in advance of their visit to arrange an appointment. Members of the Cambridge Muslim College (reading rights). |
| Opening hours |
Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Disabled access |
‘yes’ (there is a lift to the lower level and an accessible toilet for wheelchair users) |
| Lending to other libraries & visitors |
no & under review |
| Number of volumes |
5,000 |
| Periodicals – Back Issues |
10 |
| Current Periodicals |
9 |
| Other materials |
significant collection of subject-related DVDs |
| Volumes added per year |
New volumes are added to its collections which reflect its research interests along with academic requirements for postgraduate students. |
| Coverage |
Historical; theological; philosophical; socio-political; psychological/ethical; arts & humanities-related material (art, literature, film, music); material relating to the holocaust (factual/literary). |
| Special Collections |
The Faraday Institute’s reference collection of the 228 volume international society for science & religion library project published by Columbia University Press. |
| Manuscripts |
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| Research resource |
Jewish, Christian and Islamic studies; interfaith relations; Abrahamic faiths; holocaust studies; torah; Bible; Qur’an; biblical studies/biblical commentaries; talmud; historical studies relevant to the three faiths; socio-political studies; orientalism; film; art; music; literature; liturgy & worship; philosophy; spirituality; mysticism; middle eastern studies; theology etc. |
| Catalogue Type |
computer |
| URL of catalogue |
http://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/search?vid=44CAM_PROD&lang=en_US |
| Other facilities |
wifi |
| Full Time Staff |
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| Part Time Staff |
1 |
| Voluntary Staff |
1 |
| Changes in next five years affecting the above |
We are seeking to expand the collection to include material which reflects current/future academic research foci. |
| Anything else about the library |
Adjoining the lower level of the Library is a peaceful prayer/quiet room which may be used by readers |
