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Monday 8:30am - 12am Tuesday 8:30am - 12am Wednesday 8:30am - 12am Thursday 8:30am - 12am Friday 8:30am - 12am Saturday 9:30am - 12am Sunday 9:30am - 12am

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The official Page of the Library of St John's College, Cambridge. Welcome Johnians, reseachers and visitors!

The Working Library is open to all members of the College 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please visit this page for further details: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/working-library

The Old Library houses the College's special collections, which may be consulted in the Rare Books Reading Room. Please visit this page for further details: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/old-library

01/06/2026

The Working Library is now card access only 24/7 (including staffed hours). We'll be trialling this for the rest of Easter Term following a discussion at the Working Library Committee last week.

Current St John's members: this shouldn't change anything for you - just make sure you've got your card on you and let us know if you have any issues. Remember that College members aren't allowed to bring guests into the Working Library at any time of the year.

Special Collections readers, alumni, and other visitors: you're still very welcome to visit the Library by appointment! Please get in touch with the Library team in advance to arrange your visit, and speak to the Porters when you arrive. They'll get in touch with us to make sure someone is ready to let you in.

Access to the Old Library for Wednesday open afternoons (three left this term, all welcome!) will continue to be via E Staircase, Second Court, so no changes there.

21/05/2026

We're loving the origami creations popping up around the Library!

Origami paper and instructions are included in every Wellbeing Pack - just ask at the desk if you'd like some extra supplies 🌸

05/05/2026

If you need a small reset, wellbeing packs are now available on the ground floor. Inside you will find a mix of comforting treats, destressing tools, and useful information about support services. You are very welcome to come and pick one up, they are free! We will be putting them out regularly during the Easter Term.

01/05/2026

BRING US YOUR ART 🎨 📸

Submissions for this year's Student Art and Photography Competition are open until 5pm on TUESDAY 5th May. Just bring your work to the Issue Desk (during staffed hours, please - that's until 5 today, Friday, and 9-5 Monday and Tuesday).

Cash prizes! Exhibition in the Library! Full details on 4th Court!

There are lots of categories, so pretty much anything is welcome - if you're not sure, drop us an email or come speak to us at the desk.

17/04/2026

📢 New AV display!

The busy Easter term is right around the corner, and our AV room has plenty of DVDs for when you need those well-deserved study breaks 📚

We've picked out some iconic feel-good films to help you relax, kick-back and escape the stress of assignments 🧘

As Arnold Schwarzenegger once said in Total Recall: "Relax. You'll live longer."

03/03/2026

📢 New AV display!

With the Oscars right around the corner, we've picked out a few Best Picture winners and nominees, both past and present, for you to enjoy ✨

Which of this year's nominees for Best Picture do you think should win? Have your say using our tally sheet, and we'll see who comes out on top🥇

03/02/2026

New AV display 📢 We've picked out some DVDs celebrating love in all its forms! Come take a peek during your study break

12/12/2025

Entries to the 2025 St John's College Staff Photography Competition, "Out of Place", are now on display! Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winning photos:

🥇 untitled goat - Cameron Walker
🥈 'Out Damned Spot' - Catherine Jagger

and the highly commended:

🥉 'St John's College in the early morning of a summer day' - Norma Paterno
🥉 'Mountain Playground' - Tabitha Calnan
🥉 'Hidden Ladybird' - Luke Herzog
🥉 'Peeking at nature on the River Ouse' - Karen Clare

The exhibition will be open 9-5 weekdays until December 23rd, and then again from January 2-16 2026. 📸

03/12/2025

In the eighth week of Michaelmas, in our Lost Property... 🎁

It's the end of term! Sadly, our Lost Property box is full: water bottles, headphones, stationery, accessories, even a whole set of what looks like engineering notes - all facing the prospect of being abandoned over the Christmas break.

So, I implore you to ask yourselves, your friends, your supo partners: have you lost something? Could it perhaps be in the Library?

We can't hold on to everything forever, so please, PLEASE come and have a look - let's see if we can reunite everything with its proper owners before the end of the year. Wouldn't that be lovely.

01/12/2025

Did you catch performing the new setting of 'Nolo mortem peccatoris' during this weekend's Advent Services?

Well, we've put MS S.54 on temporary display for you! Come along and test your paleography skills at reading the original 15th century carol text. The display will be up until Thursday, and can be viewed in the Library exhibition space - come in through the Working Library and head through to the left.

Address

St John's Street
Cambridge
CB21TP

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 12am
Tuesday	8:30am - 12am
Wednesday	8:30am - 12am
Thursday	8:30am - 12am
Friday	8:30am - 12am
Saturday	9:30am - 12am
Sunday	9:30am - 12am

Telephone

+441223338669

Website

http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library

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