This week, the Berkeley50 programme of events was officially launched by the Provost, Patrick Prendergast. You can read the Provost’s speech here. Continue reading “#8 Launching Berkeley50”
#7 Musical Chairs – The Music Library’s Sojourns in the Berkeley
Our Music Librarian, Roy Stanley, gives a brief account of the award-winning Music Library…
Almost from the moment it opened in 1967 the New Library was being adapted for new uses as the needs of the College changed.
The Music Library was first set up as a distinct unit within the Library in 1971, using two rooms in the ‘Library Annexe’ – an area of the basement in the Berkeley Library with a separate side entrance opposite the Museum Building. Continue reading “#7 Musical Chairs – The Music Library’s Sojourns in the Berkeley”
#6 Trees Come Down
In our last post we saw that the Berkeley’s site was a stand of trees, between Fellows’ Gardens to the west and College Park to the east, with New Square to the north and Nassau Street to the south. The main image shows this vista from New Square, reproduced from the pamphlet International architectural competition for a new library building. Continue reading “#6 Trees Come Down”