Author Archives: elizabethw

Happy 60th Birthday to the LawBod

On 17th October 1964 the Bodleian Law Library formally opened its doors… 60 years on, the library still looks remarkably similar to the day it opened! Readers still enter via the original wood and glass doors and step into the reading room which is filled with light from the skylight above. The desks, chairs and lamps… Read More »

Welcome to our 2020-2021 Students

A warm welcome to the Law Bod – but things are a bit different this year, as we seek to keep our community safe from covid-19. Principally, please understand you must have booked a place in the Law Library in advance (Link to booking page). Also, when you first arrive for your booked period, please report… Read More »

Keeping the University Reading

All the Bodleian Libraries are currently closed (to both readers and staff) until further notice, following the guidance from the UK Government and Public Health England. We are very grateful that a number of publishers have given current UK university members temporary access to additional online resources to help us all keep studying! (For Oxford… Read More »

LGBT+ History Month

During February, the Bodleian has arranged for trials of the three eResource packages below. OU members of all disciplines are invited to see if they could help their research or study, and send any feedback to their subject librarians. Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Gale Cengage.  Until 04/03/2020. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/LGDBaz/32674793 This resource spans the sixteenth to… Read More »

The Running of the Deer

Being old enough to remember when Hart Publishing was first established in Oxford (1996 – since 2013 it has been an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing), it was (almost) natural that the line about the deer in the carol The Holly and Ivy, would make me think of that publisher’s logo. Surely this must make a… Read More »

Bodleian Libraries Reader Survey 2019

Between 21 January – 18 February 2019 we invite all Bodleian Libraries readers (both holders of an Oxford University cards and holders of a  Bodleian Reader card) to complete a short online reader survey. The survey seeks feedback on a number of areas including the provision of information resources, the libraries as a space for… Read More »