11:00am-12:00pm on Monday 11 September2:00pm-3:00pm on Monday 11 September
Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB
Join us to explore the many volumes collected by Karen Spärck Jones, the scientist often known as the woman who laid the foundation for the internet search engine.
Karen Spärk Jones, fellow of Wolfson from 2000 until her death in 2007, was a Computer Scientist and her concepts are considered the basis for how the modern internet search engine works. She was also a bibliophile.
A social space in College is lined with 2000 modern books on diverse topics, including a significant collection of books on arts and architecture. She also donated 200 rare books, printed prior to 1900, which are stored in the Library basement. The books are equally varied spanning Classics (the oldest book in the collection is a 1562 edition of Epistulae ad Familiares by Cicero), literature, history, geology, botany, and even the art of cookery (dating from 1747).
Visit us for a tour of Wolfson Library, a rare chance to look at her antiquarian books, as well as the opportunity to browse her modern collection too.
The College café will be open 09.30-16.30 and the cafeteria open 12:30-14:00.
You can also discover Wolfson’s beautiful gardens and follow our tree trail: https://www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/wolfsons-tree-trail