16 – 23 August, all libraries at the University of Oxford, including the Bodleian Libraries, are switching to a new library management system.
Some of our usual services will be unavailable or impacted for a short while.
- Access to online resources will be unaffected
- You can still borrow and return books
24 August the new system goes live. All services resume.
Scan & Deliver
Scan & Deliver will be unavailable 16 – 23 August.
Requests can be placed until 15 August. The service will resume on 24 August.
Self-Issue Machines
Self-Issue machines will not operate 16 – 23 August.
Please take any books you wish to borrow to a staff member at our Issue Desk.
Inter-Library Loans
Inter-Library Loans will be unavailable during the 16 – 23 August.
Requests can be placed until 15 August. The service will resume on 24 August.
Stack Requests
Stack requests can be placed in SOLO until 15 August.
Email book.fetch@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the temporary staff-mediated stack request service. This operates 16-23 August with deliveries to Bodleian Old Library and Weston Library only.
Availability of Books on SOLO
SOLO remains online, but loans information will be frozen:
Books borrowed between 16 – 23 August will still appear as “Available” on SOLO.
Contact us to confirm availability of an item on the SSL shelves. Contact reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for items in the closed stack.
Changes to My SOLO
My SOLO will be unavailable from 16 – 23 August.
My SOLO Saved Favourites and searches will not be moved to the new system.
Saved Favourites and searches in My SOLO will not be moved to the new system.
Consult the instructions available on the SOLO Subject & Research Guide to learn how to export your Favourites (which you can do up until the 16 August).
SOLO Loan History
Your Loan History on SOLO will not be moved to the new system.
If you wish to retain it take a copy before 16 August.
If you have any questions, please do get in touch.
Email us at ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Telephone us: 01865 271093