Lucy Cavendish College Library

Lucy Cavendish College Library is a purpose-built building with a warm and welcoming atmosphere at the heart of the College.  The Library is open to all current Lucy Cavendish students and other Members of College to borrow books, get help finding and accessing information, for private or group study or to meet up over a coffee in the Foyer. 

Opening Hours

The Library is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, except for approximately one week at Christmas.

Library Staff

During term-time, you can usually find us in the Library Foyer from 09:30 until 17:00 Monday to Friday.  Call in to see us or email us with your questions:

Catherine Reid, Librarian, librarian@lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk
Jo Harcus, Library and Information Services Officer, library@lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk
Gill Saxon, Library Assistant, library@lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk

The Librarian can also be contacted on 01223 332183.

Library Catalogues

To search the holdings of the College Library use Heritage.  We’re happy to help if you can’t find what you’re looking for.

To search the print holdings of other libraries within the University of Cambridge and to access electronic books and journals use LibrarySearch.

Further Information

Use the links to the right of the screen above to find out more about the facilities, services and collections that the College Library has to offer.

The College Library Guide, news and other information about using library services is available to current students and Fellows via the College Library CamTools site.  You can also follow the latest library news, including service updates and details of useful information resources, via Twitter. Follow @LucyCavLib

For further information about other University of Cambridge libraries, library catalogues, electronic resources and news see our Quick Links page.