Christmas Closure

As we are now in the final days before Christmas, a reminder that the Radcliffe Camera and History Faculty Library will be closing Friday 22nd December at 5pm. We will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January.

Need some last minute research material? Don’t worry! There is still time to order material into the library from offsite storage. Our final delivery will be the afternoon of Thursday 21st. Please order by 10.30 am that morning to guarantee delivery.

Scan and Deliver requests are now closed for the Christmas period, but the service will resume from 9am on the 2nd January.

The library may be physically closed over Christmas and New Year but the spirit of the library lives on! There is still a great range of online resources that will be available to use over the festive period. Check out our LibGuide for more information.

Finally, from all the team here at the Radcliffe Camera and History Faculty Library, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, successful 2024!

Easter Opening: closed Friday 19 to Sunday 21 April; open Easter Monday 22 April

The library will be closed over the Easter weekend, from Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April inclusive. However, we will be open on Easter Monday (22 April), from 9am-5pm. Please note, there will be no book delivery service on this day. Normal Vacation hours (9am-7pm) and deliveries will resume on Tuesday 23 April.

If you decide you’d like to combine your chocolate with some reading whilst the library is closed, don’t forget you can access many of our resources electronically. With your Single Sign On, you can make use of all our ebook, ejournal and database subscriptions while away from Oxford.

Happy Easter everyone!

Sunday opening hours changed!

With effect from Sunday 13 January 2019 the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera’s Sunday opening hours will change from 11am – 5pm to 12noon – 6pm.

The Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera are open on Sundays in term only.

Saturday hours remain 10am – 4pm.

We hope you find this time shift agreeable.

Bank Holiday: library closed 25-27 August

Please note, all reading rooms in the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera (including the Gladstone Link) will be closed from Saturday 25 August to Monday 27 August inclusive. If you find you’re missing us (or our resources), why not access our collections remotely? Remember to use your SSO (Single Sign-On).

Wishing you a happy Bank Holiday weekend!

Christmas opening hours

The Bodleian Library (Old Library reading rooms only including Duke Humfrey) will close for the Christmas break at 5pm on Friday 22 December 2017.

The Radcliffe Camera (including the Gladstone Link*) will close at 7pm on Thursday 21 December 2017. These areas of the Bodleian will not open on Friday 22 December. *Please note the Gladstone Link closes at 6.15pm.

All parts of the Library will re-open to readers at 9am on Tuesday 2 January 2017.

The last delivery of material from storage will arrive on the morning of Thursday 21 December. The deadline for placing requests for this last delivery is expected to be no later than 7.20pm on Wednesday 20 December.

It will be possible to request items via SOLO throughout the closed period. The first delivery of the New Year will arrive on Tuesday 2 January, and staff expect to clear any backlog of requests by Friday 5 January at the latest.

Have an enjoyable Christmas break everyone, we’re certainly looking forward to it!

Camera & GLadstone Link returned to normal opening – open until 7pm

The installation of new contactless card readers at the entrance/exit gates of the Radcliffe Camera has been completed ahead of schedule and we have now resumed normal opening. The Camera front door is in operation again and we will not be closing at 5pm as previously advertised but will remain open until 7pm.

*The Camera and the Gladstone Link will be open until 7pm today.*

The card readers are the same style as those in the Weston Library and we hope they are easier to use than the former swipe card readers. Thank you for your patience and apologies for the inconvenience caused by the work.

 

Encaenia reduced hours reminder

Readers are reminded that the library will open at 2pm tomorrow, Wednesday 21st June 2017. On this day of Encaenia the Bodleian site will be subject to reduced opening hours as follows:

Old Bodleian Library: 2pm – 7pm
Radcliffe Camera: 2pm – 7pm

Readers are also advised that, as per usual, the Gladstone Link will close 45 minutes prior to reading rooms

Term Hours & £5 notes

Welcome back everyone!

A reminder that as of 5th May the old paper £5 notes will no longer be accepted. From that date the library will only take the new polymer £5 notes as payment through the till. More information can be found on this poster.

Our Trinity Term opening hours are as follows:

Mon-Fri 9:00-22:00

Saturday 10:00-16:00

Sunday 11:00-17:00

We hope you had a great Easter Vac. We look forward to seeing you again and wish you well with your studies and your exams.