Last updated | 3rd January 2020 |
Name of library | Woolf Institute |
Address | Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0UB |
Telephone | 01223 761984 |
Fax | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |