You were promised tenuous links, but there’s nothing difficult to follow about this one. Yes, there really is a Bodleian board game. Its aim is to recreate “hours spent in scholarly pursuit” as you move around the different reading rooms of the Bodleian Libraries, reliving the thrill of creating a bibliography for your research project.… Read More »
The Christmas story is a reminder of the plight of the homeless, and we are all used to the sight and sound of the Salvation Army bands performing and collecting money in the streets to support the destitute. 30 years ago, when I was working for Lovell, White & King, (thanks to whose generosity, Law… Read More »
As an addition to the Christmas blog series, we would just like to remind those leaving Oxford in the vacation to make sure you know how to access materials from outside the Oxford network. We know that you are most likely going to be busy with festivities but if you do decide to take a… Read More »
Back in the early days of the internet, when those of us working occasionally from home, or different locations, and/or on different browsers, needed some way of storing bookmarks in a shared space (well before the cloud existed), Delicious came along,(see Wikipedia entry for history) allowing anyone to set up a free account, put their… Read More »
Reclassification Update This summer library staff are completing Phase Three of the Moys Reclassification Project. Staff will be reorganising books currently held in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. This is part of the long-term Moys re-classification project that has been underway since 2006. All the books will be fully accessible to our… Read More »
Who can forget the 1967 classic ‘Hello, Goodbye’ by the Beatles? Perhaps not the most diverse set of lyrics of any Christmas number 1, indeed here is a short sample; “You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello Hello hello I don’t know… Read More »
It’s 8th week of Michaelmas Term which means only one thing on the Law Bod blog, it’s time for our annual Christmas Blog Series! Previous themes include, 12 (legal) days of Christmas, Christmas carols, Christmas traditions, and last year, Christmas films. This year we have gone back to all things musical and decided on Christmas… Read More »
Welcome to Oxford for Michaelmas Term for all those returning or those who are just joining us. We were hoping that we would be able to unveil our new refurbished library complete with new entrance and enquiry desk. However, despite valiant efforts from everyone, the work is still being finished off. We apologise for any… Read More »
It’s that time of year again, the time when we at the Law Bod pull on our Christmas jumpers and sit down to write our annual Christmas blog series. This year we are drawing inspiration from the much-loved genre of the Christmas movie! There are plenty to choose from, this Wikipedia page (although slightly out of… Read More »
Librarians Ruth Bird (@oxfordbirds) and Margaret Watson (@MargaretLawBod) have recently published blogs on issues that may be of interest to our readers. Ruth wrote about the value of libraries in the Canadian forum, slaw.ca, with this introduction: “I am using the column this time to explain my anxiety that society risks losing too much as the… Read More »
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