Service Update: Michaelmas Term, 2021

Introduction

This post is intended for new and returning members of Oxford University and offers an update on services at the English Faculty Library effective from the beginning of Michaelmas Term, 2021.

First-time visitors are invited to view the short welcome video at https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6f442abb-3aef-4824-9461-ada4008e9148.

Welcome tours of the library are available from 6th to 8th October. Booking information can be found at https://tickets.ox.ac.uk/WebStore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?CG=eflit&C=eflit.

For new students wishing to learn more about the Bodleian Libraries as a whole, guidance is available at https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/getting-started/under-post-graduates.

Opening hours

During term time the library is open 9am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 1pm on Saturdays (from 9th October).

Service updates

  • Advanced booking is no longer a condition of entry, but visitors must bring a valid University Card. Arrivals can check in using the NHS Track and Trace app or the paper form provided.
  • A fetching service is available to those wishing to consult confined items and special collections.
  • Scan and Deliver and Print and Deliver services will continue.
  • Readers can request to use the Turville-Petre Room at the library help desk.
  • Library related payments must be made online (minimum spend £2); cash transactions have been suspended.
  • Physical interlibrary loans will resume.

Staying safe in our library

The University’s key general health messages are as below:

A GIF of the key health messages from the University of Oxford relating to COVID-19: Your actions matter. Help keep everyone safe. Get vaccinated as soon as possible. Wear face coverings where indicated (unless exempt). Test regularly, and if you have symptoms. Stay at home if you are unwell. Keep washing your hands. Be considerate of other people’s space.

Oxford University COVID-19 guidance

  • Your actions matter. Help keep everyone safe.
  • Get vaccinated as soon as possible.
  • Wear face coverings where indicated (unless exempt).
  • Test regularly, and if you have symptoms.
  • Stay at home if you are unwell.
  • Keep washing your hands.
  • Be considerate of other people’s space.

Accompanying signage is displayed throughout the library to remind and encourage visitors to adhere to this guidance.

To help keep visitors safe, the library is taking the following steps:

  • Encouraging visitors to wear masks at all times and in all library spaces, unless exempt. The University’s face covering policy is available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/coronavirus/health/face-coverings.
  • Providing hand sanitiser throughout the reading rooms, including the library entrance and help desk.
  • Providing cleaning products at designated points for readers to clean desks and shared library equipment before and after use.
  • Regularly cleaning touchpoints.
  • Ventilating shared spaces by keeping windows open during opening hours.
  • Limiting the capacity of the Computer Room to a maximum of 15 people.
  • Suspending cash transactions.
  • Retaining Perspex screens at the help desk.

Online Support

Further information relating to the English Faculty Library, including contact details, is available on the webpage: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/english-faculty-library. Alternatively, library users can speak to a librarian in real-time using SOLO Live Chat.

For Bodleian Libraries service updates, please visit https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/service-updates.

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