Marshall Library of Economics

Vacation Borrowing Easter 2004

A video clip of this years vacation borrowing is now available.

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1266 books were issued on that day, a new record for the Marshall Library.

Vacation Borrowing Easter 2003

Here are 4 video clips of vacation borrowing on the 13th March 2003, when the Marshall Library issued the record-breaking figure of 1,208 books in one day, more than double the usual number of loans for one day. On the last Thursday in term, students can borrow books for the entire vacation and by the time the Library opens, there is usually a queue of students, stretching across the Sidgwick Site, eager to get into the Library. On March 13th over a hundred students surged into the Library in the first few minutes of opening and it took three members of library staff almost an hour to clear the queue. Most of the 1,208 books borrowed during the day were issued during that first hour. This extraordinary volume of borrowing confirms the relevance of the Marshall Library to student needs. Congratulations to those students who got the books they wanted!

• The rush as students enter the library MPG (10.2MB) WMV (7.57MB)
• First borrower back to the desk MPG (2.04MB) WMV (1.48MB)
• The queue after 4 minutes MPG (2.44MB) WMV (1.77MB)
• The queue after 10 minutes MPG (1.14MB) WMV (0.85MB)

  Please note these files are large!

The Easter 2003 edition of CAM magazine, the Cambridge alumni magazine, contains two references to these video clips. On page 3 "From the Editor", and also on page 5 the very funny description by Judith Whiteley in "Student life". Click below for these two articles.

Extracts from CAM magazine