Last chance to share your views on proposed changes to Radcliffe Camera

Posted on 30 November 2012 by iholowaty

Changes in the Radcliffe Camera are being considered and the current consultation will end on Saturday 1st December.

The plans address four separate initiatives:

modifications that are necessary to permit access to the Lower Camera for those with mobility impairments;
removal of existing restrictions on movement of books to the Upper Camera;
creation of a consolidated service desk at the proposed South entrance to the Camera to improve readers services and security; and
the present North entrance to become an emergency exit.

Planning permission for these changes was obtained in August 2012, but because the relocation of the entrance is a once-in-a-century event, we want to ensure that readers have an opportunity to learn about the plans and to provide comments.
The consultation period closes on Saturday 1 December 2012.

See the plans online
You can see the plans online in PDF format.

Give feedback
Please send all comments to communications@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Consultation on changes to the Radcliffe Camera

Posted on 19 November 2012 by iholowaty

Changes in the Radcliffe Camera are currently being considered and are now in a final phase of consultation.

The plans address four separate initiatives:

modifications that are necessary to permit access to the Lower Camera for those with mobility impairments;
removal of existing restrictions on movement of books to the Upper Camera;
creation of a consolidated service desk at the proposed South entrance to the Camera to improve readers services and security; and
the present North entrance to become an emergency exit.

See the plans online
You can see the plans online in PDF format.

Give feedback
Please send all comments to communications@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Bodleian Libraries Reader Survey 2012 now open

Posted on 29 October 2012 by iholowaty

The 2012 Bodleian Libraries Reader Survey will run online from 29th October to 16th November 2012. Understanding your expectations better will help us tailor our services to your needs. This is an opportunity to make suggestions about how the library service can be improved.

The survey is open to all members of the Bodleian Libraries. The survey should take about five or six minutes to complete. When assessing services, please base it on the library you use most frequently.

Your responses are confidential. We intend to make the survey results available via the Bodleian Libraries Webpages.

Access the survey here: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/libqual-survey

More about the survey: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/libqual-survey/libqual-faqs

Enquiries about the survey: libqual.survey@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Reclassification update Tuesday 16 October

Posted on 16 October 2012 by iholowaty

All of the Bodleian History Faculty books on the shelves with the old style shelfmarks have now been reclassified. The project team are now respacing the new run of books in Library of Congress Classification (LCC) in the Lower Gladstone Link.

There are still some tasks remaining, such as reclassifying material still out on loan, which staff will be working on over the coming weeks.

We now have three main classification sequences:

1) Main LCC sequence
The main LCC sequence that begins in the Lower Camera, continues in the Upper Gladstone Link and finished in the Lower Gladstone Link. There are regular sized and oversize sections of the sequence on each floor. These books can be borrowed borrowed by current members of Oxford University, once they have registered as Bod HFL members.
Example shelfmark: DA175.G7 BAR 2011

2) Undergraduate Set Text Collection
The Set Text Collection in the Upper Camera open shelves. This collection is for undergraduate historians taking Options, Special and Further Subject courses. Reference versions of set texts for the courses are available for using in the Upper Camera only.
Example shelfmark: A978 Gold

3) Local History Collection
The Local History Collection in the Lower Gladstone Link. This is a small lending collection of English and Welsh local history series. These books can be borrowed borrowed by current members of Oxford University, once they have registered as Bod HFL members.
Example shelfmark: KL261 Vict or KW 500 Cymr