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Radcliffe Camera: temporary building access arrangements

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Pavement improvement works in Radcliffe Square are now reaching their final phase, which will necessitate a temporary closure of the South Gate. This will be cordoned off between Monday 20th August and Monday 3rd September, to allow for the completion of essential work. During this period, readers will need to use the North Gate in order to access the Camera grounds and entrance. Please note, this also means that there will be no direct level access route to the Camera for approximately two weeks. Readers requiring this will need to use the ramped access route to the Old Bodleian Library, continuing via the tunnel/Gladstone Link and platform lift.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused, but trust that the newly widened pavement will be more accessible as a result of these works..Please get in touch with any questions or feedback: library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Building work in the Old Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera in Summer 2013

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This summer building work will be taking place in the Old Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera during the Long Vacation.

It will be necessary to close the Lower Camera for a period of five weeks but we expect to maintain services throughout.  During this time there will be a staff-mediated fetching service for open shelf material housed in the Lower Camera.  Bodleian History Faculty Library books can still be borrowed and returned as normal in an alternative location (Upper Gladstone Link tbc). Further detailed information about arrangements and the schedule of works will be advertised soon here on the blog and on the Bodleian History Faculty Library website.

Old Bodleian Library – work likely to begin on 17 June

  • Re-flooring the Upper Reading Room to provide a quieter working environment
  • Re-lighting the Lower Reading Room to provide a better and quieter working environment and to be more energy efficient
  • Closure of the Lower Reserve and changes to provide additional capacity for open shelf material and seating for readers
  • Setting up a Self-Collect Reserve in the Reference Room to allow readers direct collection of requested stack material
  • Re-purposing the Photocopying Area in the Upper Reading Room to provide an expanded Mediated Reserve

Radcliffe Camera – work likely to begin in August until mid September

  • Creation of a new entrance to the Radcliffe Camera in Bay 4 of the Lower Camera to provide easy disabled access to the building and to improve security and circulation of material.  This will allow books to be moved freely between the Upper Camera and other parts of the central Bodleian Library site.
  • Additional seating will be added to the Upper and Lower Camera
  • Setting up a Self-Collect Reserve in the Lower Camera to allow readers direct collection of requested stack material

There will be some noise and minor disruption associated with these projects but it is intended to confine works to one building at a time as far as possible. If you have any deadlines, concerns or need support during this time, please contact us.

Related Links Bodleian History Faculty Library Building Works webpage | Contact Us

Noisy building work in the Bodleian Library

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The Bodleian Libraries are currently undergoing an ambitious programme of refurbishment and redesign to upgrade and enhance facilities and spaces available to readers. Such major estates projects will inevitably result in some temporary changes in services but we are seeking to minimise disruption to readers as far as possible. Specifically, noisy building work in the Old Library and in the Radcliffe Camera has started this week to enable the follow projects:

  • Refurbishment of the Underground Bookstore into two floors of openstack library space
  • The Old Bodleian lift
  • Installation of a Radcliffe Camera platform lift and new stairs

> more on the Gladstone Link project.

We apologise to our readers in advance for the discomfort and inconvenience. Ear plugs are available from library staff! Otherwise, seek refuge in the HFL or elsewhere. The work is scheduled to be complete in spring 2011.