January Headlines

After a relaxing Christmas break, getting back to work is always a bit of a shock, but the first few working days of this year were worse than usual, especially for those members of OIL staff who rely on public transport to get around. With large parts of the South and West of Oxford under water, there were some creative rearrangements required, but we managed to keep things ticking over, and our opening hours were not affected.

Fortunately, by the time Term started on the 21st, the rivers had receded again and things were getting back to normal.

The newest development this month has been the addition of an OIL page on the Oriental Studies part of the University’s WebLearn platform, which will be used to allow access to scans of set-texts and supporting materials for the various courses offered by the Faculty. Do keep an eye out for new additions!

Weblearn screenshot

Log-in using your Single Sign On (the same as SOLO) to see what we’ve got in there so far.

Also new is a whizzy new gadget which we’ve attached to our blog page in the top right-hand corner, which links directly to our LibraryThing Account.

Again, watch that space for new additions to our collections.

Meanwhile we’ve been carrying on with our usual projects; Kate’s reclassification endeavour is rapidly reaching the end of the old BP section on the back wall (nearest the back of the Sackler Library), and she reclassified 210 items in January, representing a total of 157 shelf marks.

That’s all our news for now; keep an eye on the Facebook page for updates of the usual day-to-day issues!