Cambridge appoints first female University Librarian

Mrs Anne Jarvis (Murray) has been appointed University Librarian at Cambridge University Library – the first female to hold the post in its 650 year history. Currently Deputy Librarian, Anne, pictured, will replace Peter Fox, who steps down after fifteen years in charge. Her career in academic libraries began at Dublin City University, (DCU) in Ireland. She then moved to Trinity College Dublin where she took up the post of Sub-Librarian, Collection Management, before returning to the UK to take up her current post at Cambridge. During this period she also served for two years as Vice-President at Wolfson College, where she has been a Fellow since 2000.