Editing Cambridge University Library (section)

== Staff ==
[[File:12th-century painters - Dover Bible - WGA15730.jpg|thumb|12th-century manuscript of the Dover Bible, in the [[Parker Library, Corpus Christi College]], Cambridge.]]
The official office of [[List of University Librarians at the University of Cambridge|Librarian of the university]] was not established until 1577, when William James was appointed Librarian. The first set of regulations "for the Office of keeping the Library" were then formed in 1582.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Cambridge University Library: a history |last=Oates |first=J. C. T. |author-link=J. C. T. Oates |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-30656-6 |location=Cambridge |page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeunivers0000oate/page/491 491] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeunivers0000oate/page/491 }}</ref> Little is known of the administration before the late sixteenth century. Before 1577, the University Chaplain had overall responsibility of the Library among other duties. Sixteen potential Chaplain-Librarians have been identified.<ref name=":0" />

In 1721 the post of Principal Librarian (Protobibliothecarius) was created for [[Conyers Middleton]] "as a mark of sympathy with him in his opposition to Richard Bentley".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fprotobibliothecarius|title = Protobibliothecarius|access-date = 9 September 2015|website = Janus}}</ref> In 1828 this post was merged with that of Librarian (Bibliothecarius).

Various scholars have held the position. [[Abraham Wheelocke]] was librarian of the "Public Library" at Cambridge University, and was also Reader in [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] in the 17th century. [[Augustus Theodore Bartholomew]] was a librarian at Cambridge University for over 25 years. The classicist [[A. F. Scholfield]] was Librarian from 1923 to 1949. More recent University Librarians have included [[Eric Bertrand Ceadel]], [[F. W. Ratcliffe]] (1980–94), [[Peter Fox (librarian)|Peter Fox]] (1994–2009) and [[Anne Jarvis]] (2009–16). Other notable members of staff include the bibliographer [[Henry Bradshaw (scholar)|Henry Bradshaw]] and the [[Uranian poetry|Uranian poet]] [[Charles Edward Sayle]], author of a history of the library.

The current librarian is [[Jessica Gardner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-welcomes-dr-jessica-gardner-new-university-librarian|title=Cambridge welcomes Dr Jessica Gardner as new University Librarian|date=9 December 2016 }}</ref> She joined the library in April 2017, becoming the 36th University Librarian.