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The Library of Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-75) was bequeathed to Corpus Christi College Cambridge, where it still remains. Parker imposed strict conditions on the use of the books, and it has often been assumed as a consequence the collection was not well used. In this paper, the authors explore the evidence from eighteenth-century borrowing registers and show that the Parker Library did continue to be used and made a significant contribution to scholarly endeavours in Cambridge and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the Islamic Manuscript II: A Conference to Establish the Islamic Manuscript Association" at Emmanuel College in Cambridge University in England from August 7 to 9, 2006. The topics discussed include manuscript preservation and the semantic web, proposals for a conservation training curriculum, and collaborative systems for paper expertise and history. The speakers featured include Sara Sharaf and Ayman Fuad Sayyid of the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation.