Update on Book Deliveries for 29-30 Nov

Opening of BSF (Image: John Lawrence)

Two deliveries per day of closed stack material from Book Storage Facility

The central Bodleian site (including Lower Camera Reserve) will continue to receive one delivery of material requested from remote storage (BSF) in the morning and one delivery in the afternoon for the rest of the week.  As usual, there will be no deliveries from BSF over the weekend.

Readers will receive the normal email notification when items requested become available.  Currently, there is no backlog of requests. Please contact email reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Other services still disrupted

Other library services offered from our Osney offices continue to be disrupted. These include staff mediated photocopying, Inter-Library Loan services and photographic orders.

Transfers of material between libraries may also be affected.

Related Links Search for electronic resources via OxLIP+ | Search for eBooks on SOLO | SOLO LibGuide section on stack requests

Book deliveries from closed stack update

Deliveries twice a day for rest of week to larger Bodleian Libraries
A delivery was made this morning of closed stack material requested to the main Bodleian Libraries reading rooms (including Lower Reserve and Upper Reserve in Old Bodleian and Lower Camera Reserve).

Another delivery of material is scheduled for this afternoon to the reading rooms in the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera, Social Science Library, Sackler Library and Radcliffe Science Library. A twice-daily delivery is expected to these reading rooms for the rest of this week.

Disruption of some services continues
However, due to the continued flooding, there will be disruption to deliveries of material from other closed stack locations, interlibrary loans and staff-mediated photocopying requests.

Please contact reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Related Links Search for electronic resources via OxLIP+ | Search for eBooks on SOLO | SOLO LibGuide section on stack requests

Weather disrupting deliveries of requested material to Bodleian Libraries

Delay to delivery of requests for closed stack material to reading rooms
Due to flooding affecting roads to the south and west of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries have had to suspend deliveries from offsite closed stack. This will affect orders from Remote Store (BSF) placed after 4pm yesterday (Monday 26 November).  Any outstanding requests will be delivered as soon as suitable alternative arrangements can be put in place.

Remember, when an item has been requested from the closed stacks, the reader who placed the request will be emailed when the item is ready for them to consult in the reading room.  More information about how to place stack requests and track their delivery is available in the SOLO LibGuide.

Delays to other services inc. Inter Library-Loans
This will affect other library services offered from our Osney offices;
• the processing / delivery of staff mediated photocopy orders placed on Monday and Tuesday
• the processing / delivery of Inter-Library Loan orders
• the processing / delivery of Photographic orders

Please contact reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Related Links Search for electronic resources via OxLIP+ | Search for eBooks on SOLO | SOLO LibGuide section on stack requests

2012 InterLibrary Loan price increase

Herewith a reminder to our readers that Bodleian Libraries charges for InterLibrary Loans have increased. This represents an annual increase since the charges were last revised in January 2011. They increase by a modest 25p but will help to cover the costs of the annual price rise imposed by the British Library in August 2011.

The ILL charge increases are as follows:

  •  Loan, photocopy, or delivery of an item by secure electronic delivery for University members from £4.50 to £4.75
  •  Urgent requests for University members from £10.50 to £10.75.
  •  Worldwide searches for University members from £12.50 to £12.75

What is InterLibrary Loan?

The Bodleian Libraries offer an Inter-library Loan (ILL) service to all members of Oxford University, as well as to non-University members. This service seeks to provide access to material not held at the University.

More on InterLibrary Loan services.