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A campaign to acquire and preserve for the nation the archive of Siegfried Sassoon’s personal papers – including a draft copy of A Soldier’s Declaration – was launched by Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library at Sotheby’s today.

Cambridge’s annual Town & Country Show will help to mark the ̽��ֱ��’s 800th anniversary this weekend (13 & 14 June) by adding a new “gown” element to the mix.

Presenter, comedian and Cambridge alumnus Clive Anderson will host the semi-final and final of the 800th Anniversary Quiz, on Monday evening (May 4th) at the Union Society. ̽��ֱ��event will be free and open to the public.

New technology and the use of online renewals have seen the levels of fines paid by students to Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library drop by 25 per cent.

On Tuesday afternoon a stream of Year 7 and 8 pupils stepped from the spring sunshine into the dimly-lit dining halls of St John’s and Corpus Christi Colleges to write a letter to their descendants, not to be opened for a hundred years.

For anyone thinking of applying to Cambridge as an undergraduate, two useful tips might be to listen to all the advice you can – and take each step at a time.�� Now students are able to do just that, while getting a real glimpse of Cambridge life.

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Mrs Anne Jarvis (Murray) has been appointed ̽��ֱ�� Librarian at Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library – the first female to hold the post in its 650 year history.

Advancing by degrees, an exhibition capturing 800 years of university development, learning and student life, opens at Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library tomorrow as part of the university’s 800th Anniversary celebrations.

Students who spent too much this Christmas could fill their wallets again by building their own book collections in a competition run by the ̽��ֱ�� Library that has a top prize of £500.

Throughout 2009 the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge will be working with schools and community groups to celebrate its 800th anniversary, looking back on eight centuries of ideas and achievements and also looking forward to the years to come.