Cambridge Economics Students Rush for Books

video clip of vacation borrowing on the 13th March 2003, when the Marshall Library issued the record-breaking figure of 1,208 books in one day, more than double the usual number of loans for one day. On the last Thursday in term, students can borrow books for the entire vacation and by the time the Library opens, there is usually a queue of students, stretching across the Sidgwick Site, eager to get into the Library. On March 13th over a hundred students surged into the Library in the first few minutes of opening and it took three members of library staff almost an hour to clear the queue. Most of the 1,208 books borrowed during the day were issued during that first hour.

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• Cambridge
• university
• economics
• students
• library
• rush
• queue
• books

[rachelliz284]

The day this happens at my university is the day elephants grow wings...

[GrigolConservative]

that's why you did not go to Cambridge!

[makemerevise]

Gotta get that copy of Romer before they run out!

[SmileyDude909]

@panicjoe With that mentality, you'd never have a blind chance of getting in -_-

[MrKiromunist]

My god... in my university, the library is always empty ! Oo

[Cheryn6111]

wow, perhaps economics is not the best choice then...

[tg2201]

i bet you're really intelligent

[tg2201]

it's not at a college. it's the library of the economics faculty, at the sidgwick site, so the students you see will be from a variety of colleges

[panicjoe]

hahaha, brits suck at queing. i would so own that place. maybe i go to cambridge and grace them with my presence for a while.

[m0ffx]

The day this happens in my DEPARTMENT (in Cambridge!) is the day elephants grow wings!

[elveownsall]

yeah i was there, it was soooo funny.

Marvellous day. 5/5 nice video.

[jaegermeister32]

who needs to go there..i'd rather enjoy life :)