This entry on Cambridge University Library's legal deposit status draws on the library's own account of its role as one of six libraries entitled under the UK's Legal Deposit Libraries Act to receive a copy of every work published in the United Kingdom and Ireland, a status with roots in English law reaching back to 1662 and now extended to digital as well as print publication. As an institutional record it is directly authoritative on the library's own legal status, scope and the volume of material it receives each year. Its relevance to any particular religious text or manuscript the atlas discusses is narrow and specific, namely establishing that Cambridge holds a copy by virtue of this deposit right, not a claim about that text's content, authenticity or religious significance, which the deposit mechanism itself has nothing whatsoever to say about.
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Reliability Tier1
This entry draws on Cambridge University Library's own account of its status as one of six libraries entitled under the UK Legal Deposit Libraries Act, the top tier reflecting that it is directly authoritative on the library's own legal status and scope, notwithstanding that its relevance to any particular text the atlas discusses is narrow, establishing custody rather than speaking to that text's content or authenticity. NotesCambridge University Library's own account of its legal deposit function; an institutional self-account, not an independent scholarly history.
Citation
AuthorCambridge University Library
PublisherUniversity of Cambridge
URLhttps://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/legal-deposit
Source TypeInstitutional
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyCambridge University Library
Custodian BasisThe library's own account of its legal deposit entitlement under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, the six entitled libraries, and how it holds what it receives.
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Associated With
This source names Ireland directly: "published in the United Kingdom and Ireland, a status with roots in English law reaching back to 1662 and now extended to digital as well as print publication."
This source names United Kingdom directly: "a copy of every work published in the United Kingdom and Ireland, a status with roots in English law reaching back to 1662 and now extended to digital as well as print publication."
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Custodians & Museums, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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