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Vacation loans due back on Monday

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HFL book return box

HFL book return box

Bodleian History Faculty Library vacation loans are due back on Monday 14 January.

Books can be returned in the Lower Radcliffe Camera to staff at the Lower Camera Reserve Desk or in our book return box.  If you want to borrow more books straight away, then please bring the books to staff at the Reserve Desk so that they can be removed from your account.  Our book return box is also checked at frequent intervals, but giving books to staff will ensure that your able to borrow again immediately.

Termtime borrowing
(except short loans – 2 day loan, 1 renewal)

Undergraduates and taught postgraduates up to 15 books for up to 7 days

Research postgraduates, visiting academics, academics from other faculties up to 15 books for up to 28 days

History faculty academics up to 20 books for the duration of a term

Lower Camera Reserve Desk

Lower Camera Reserve Desk

Renew online
Books can be renewed online via the SOLO library catalogue 2 times, as long as another reader has not placed a hold on them.  To renew books sign into SOLO using your single sign on and go to My Account.  Full details about how to renew books are available as an online guide.

Related Links Contact Us | SOLO | SOLO Guide | HFL Borrowing Services webpage

Green shelf slips for Gladstone Link Books

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A new system of green shelf slips has been set up in the Gladstone Link area of the Bodleian Library.

 If you take a book from the shelves to use, please:

  • fill in the slip legibly
  • put the slip on the shelf in place of the book

If you take a book which has been in use from a book return trolley, please put a new slip with your details on the appropriate shelf.  This slip system has been introduced in the Gladstone Link in response to reader feedback.

History Faculty Library books may be borrowed by current members of Oxford University from the Lower Camera Reserve Desk.

Bodleian Library books, with the exception of the Personal Development Collection, cannot be borrowed from the Gladstone Link and should not be removed from the library.
Related Links: Borrowing from the HFL | Bodleian Library website

New online form for lost and missing books

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The Bodleian History Faculty Library has a new online form on its website for readers and library staff to report missing and lost books.  Readers can fill in the form themselves, or ask staff to do it on their behalf.  The form can be used for two purposes: 1) when readers have lost a book that they borrowed or 2) they are looking for a book that should be available on the Library’s shelves.

Books lost by borrowers

If you have lost a book that you borrowed from the Bodleian History Faculty Library then you can inform staff using the online form.  You will be asked to provide the author name, title of the book and shelfmark (if possible) and your name and email address and can give any additional information in the comments box. If you report a lost book to staff in the library we can fill in this form on your behalf.

Once the form has been received, library staff will draft an invoice for the cost of the missing book. You will be contacted by staff within 5 working days (Monday to Friday).

Available books not found in the Library

If you are unable to find a book in the Library that is showing as available on the SOLO library catalogue then you can ask staff to search for it by using the online form.  You will be asked to provide the author name, title of the book, shelfmark and your name and email address and to tell us the date when this book will no longer be useful to you. You can also give any additional information in the comments box.

Library staff will search for the book over the next week.  If we find the book we will place it on hold for you at the Lower Camera Reserve Desk in the Radcliffe Camera and send you an email to confirm it is available for you to collect.  If we do not find the book after a week we will email you to let you know. We will search again for the book at the end of the term and if it is still not found we will consider purchasing a replacement copy.

Related Links

Missing and lost books online form | HFL lending information | Contact us | Locate the library

HFL vacation loan allowance increases to 40 books today

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Images: Flickr/Leo Reynolds

The History Faculty Library’s loan allowance has increased to 40 books today.
Books borrowed on vacation loan are due back on Monday 8th October (Michaelmas Term 1st week)

Short loans
Short loans are also available to be borrowed as vacation loans from today.

HFL move
This summer the HFL is moving into the Racliffe Camera in the Bodleian Library. There will be some disruption to services and to access to the collections. For more information about the move please visit our website. You can keep up to date with key dates via email, by using the ‘Sign up to Mailing List’ option in the top left corner.

Related Links: HFL move information | HFL borrowing information

Summer vacation loans start today

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Summer Vacation Loans at the History Faculty Library

Monday 11th June Vacation loans begin (up to 10 items as usual, not including short loans).  Short loans books will continue to be loaned for 2 days until Thursday and will then become available for vacation loans.

Thursday 14th June Vacation loans extend to 40 items including short loans

Monday 8th October Vacation loans due back

This summer the HFL collections and staff are moving into the Radcliffe Camera.
Until Friday 17 August return books to HFL, Old Indian Institute.
From Monday 20 August return books to the Lower Camera, Bodleian Library.

 

Be prepared:

  • Check locations of material on SOLO
  • Borrow up to 40 books for the long vacation
  • Contact staff in advance if you need access to non-borrowing material from the end of July to September.

Throughout the summer you can contact us on 01865 277262 or by email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Related links: HFL move webpage

Online renewals for loans and stack requests fixed

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News is just in that the bug stopping online renewals of your loans and stack requests has been squashed.

If you have any stack requests in Old Bodleian reading rooms and you want to keep them beyond the clear-out on Monday 1 August clear-out, then you will need to renew before Monday.

How to renew?

  1. Logon to SOLO with your Single Sign-On username and password
  2. Click on <MyAccount>
  3. Click on <Loans>
  4. Renew item from list of loans and stack requests.

There are further teething problems relating to placing more than one hold for the same journal, the eshelf yet to be migrated, and more. Staff are working hard to fix these. Thank you for your patience and please get in touch with library / reading room staff .