Anne Jarvis is the first woman to be the university librarian at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

. She has held the office of Cambridge University Librarian

Cambridge University Library

The Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of Cambridge University in England. It comprises five separate libraries:* the University Library main building * the Medical Library...

 since January 2009.

Jarvis studied history at Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

, and later worked at that institution's library as Sub-Librarian, Collection Management. From 2000 to 2009 she worked at Cambridge University Library
as Deputy Librarian, and has also been affiliated to Wolfson College, Cambridge

Wolfson College, Cambridge

Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Wolfson is one of a small number of Cambridge colleges which admit only students over the age of 21. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates, with around 15% studying undergraduate...

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External links

• Paton, Graeme, 'Cambridge University appoints first female librarian ', The Telegraph, 26 January 2009.
• 'Anne Jarvis becomes Cambridge University's first female librarian', The Mirror, 27 January 2009.
• 'Cambridge library's first female librarian', 1 January 2009.