Annual Report 2001-2002 - Cambridge University Library ...

calendar 2001–200220SeptemberSaturday afternoon opening of the main UniversityLibrary beganOctoberOpening by Sir Patrick Moore of the exhibition:‘Footprints of the Lion: Isaac Newton at work’NovemberVisit to the Betty and Gordon Moore Libraryby HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor ofthe UniversityOpening by Professor Owen Chadwick of the northwestcorner extension to the LibraryDecemberAward of $1.2 million from the Andrew W. MellonFoundation for the Greensleeves ProjectAprilOpening by Mr Bamber Gascoigne of the exhibition:‘Beauty and the book: gems of colour printing’Annual conference of SCONUL (Society of College,National and University Libraries) held in Cambridge‘The future of the scientific journal’: a workshop forCambridge scientists, organised by the UniversityLibrary and held at the Department of BiochemistryMay‘Genizah evening’, held at the Spertus Institute,Chicago, with the British Consul-General, the Librarianand Professor ReifVisit of H. E. Dr Zvi Shtauber, Ambassador of IsraelJulyLaunch of ‘Newton’ automation systemFAR RIGHTThe Chancellor ofthe University,HRH The Duke ofEdinburgh visitedthe Betty andGordon MooreLibrary inNovember 2001,and is seen heregreeting MrMichael Wilson,head of the ScienceLibraries, watchedby the Vice-Chancellor and theUniversity LibrarianRIGHTRobert Culshaw,the British Consul-General in Chicago,hosted a dinnerparty in support ofthe Library,attended bydistinguishedguests from theMid-West. MrCulshaw (centre) isseen here flankedby Valentine Kangand Roger Edgar,from Cambridge inAmerica, and, onthe extreme left,Elaine Culshaw,and, on the extremeright ProfessorStefan Reif, head ofthe Library’sOriental Division.FebruaryResearch Libraries Group day of presentations forlibrarians and library users in the UniversityMarchUser survey of the Squire Law LibraryLunchtime talk by Dr John Naughton, WolfsonCollege: ‘The Internet: where it came from, how itworks, what it means for society’Sandars Lectures: ‘Paper in the sixteenth-century Italianprinting industry’ by Professor Conor Fahy, EmeritusProfessor of Italian, University of LondonLecture: ‘The irresistible rise of colour printing fromwood blocks: major achievements of the Victorian age’by Dr Susanna Avery-Quash, to celebrate 25 years ofthe Munby Fellowship in BibliographyMemorial service at Ely Cathedral for Dr D.M. Owen,former Keeper of the University ArchivesHelen Smith