What Library Facilities Are Part of the Centre for Mathematical Sciences?

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The Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) site at cms.cam.ac.uk lists the Betty and Gordon Moore Library as its library facility, alongside a set of pages covering library design and library photographs. The site presents these as part of the CMS buildings and history rather than as a live catalogue or services portal, so use it to understand what exists on the site and how it was planned — not to search collections or check opening hours.

What the site identifies

The CMS index page links to the following library-related entries:

Page What it covers
Betty and Gordon Moore Library The named library of the CMS
Library – photographs Images of the library
Library Library section of the site
Library Design Design information for the library
New developments Later building developments, including the Marit and Hans Rausing pavilion and the Faulkes Gatehouse

These sit within a wider set of building pages (approved plans, construction history, funding, move-in dates), which tells you the library is documented as part of the CMS estate and its construction record.

How to use these pages

  1. Start at the CMS index and locate the library entries in the site navigation.
  2. Open Betty and Gordon Moore Library for the library's own page.
  3. Use Library Design if you need the planning and design rationale rather than the facility itself.
  4. Use Library – photographs for visual records of the building.
  5. Cross-check dates and phases against Move-in dates and New developments if you are tracing when the library came into use.

Expected result: a clear picture of the library as a CMS building, with design and photographic context. What you will not get from these pages is a catalogue, borrowing information, or current service details.

Limits to keep in mind

  • The site is an institutional and historical record of the CMS; the library pages are descriptive, not operational.
  • No pricing, membership, or access terms appear in the source material, so do not assume any from these pages.
  • For day-to-day library services, the CMS pages are a starting point only — they identify the facility, not its current offer.

If your question is "which library belongs to the CMS?", the answer is the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, documented on the CMS site with design and photographic pages. If your question is "how do I use that library today?", the CMS site will not answer it.