Photo of the Green Libraries week book display in the Sainsbury Library.

Every Library is a Green Library: Sustainability book display inspired by Green Libraries Week 2024!

Green Libraries week – running 7th–13th October 2024 – is a campaign organised by CILIP that aims to enable public libraries in England to address Environmental Responsibility and to work with their communities to take action. This extends to all libraries; school and university libraries have joined public libraries in signing the Green Libraries Manifesto. As part of Saïd Business School which provides an abundance of online Insights into Climate Change, the Sainsbury Library contains a wealth of resources on how we can help the planet from all levels – both physical and digital (take a look at our Climate Action Libguide!). This Green Libraries week, we have provided a selection of climate awareness resources in our library display ranging from public and social responsibility to marketing, economic, and library action on climate change.

Sustainable Libraries

Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

Forward thinking on the development of environmental aspects of libraries and the aims and objectives of libraries. A sustainable library requires sustainable thinking, and this book defines how sustainable thinking encompasses equally the environment, economics and social equity.

Going Green: Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World: Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services edited by Petra Hauke, Madeleine Charney and Harri Sahavirta

This collection of articles covers environmental aspects of libraries, including energy conservation and how to reduce the ecological footprint in libraries’ everyday operations. The social role and responsibility of libraries as leaders in environmental sustainability
is assessed, as well as examples of implemented practices from academic libraries across the world, including Kenya, USA, and Germany.

Public Action and Climate Change Mitigation

Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning by George Monbiot

Providing guidance on how we as the public can help the environment and prevent global warming.

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken

Connects people to resources on solutions and actions to be taken to end the climate crisis. The Project Regeneration website also provides further insight. They have a weekly newsletter called The Waggle about regeneration and the restoration of earth’s life.

Human Choice and Climate Change edited by Steve Rayner and Elizabeth L. Malone

The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells

Highlights both the social aspects of climate change and presents the economic setback that climate change proposes, emphasising its widespread detriment.

Economics and Capitalism

Completing Capitalism: Heal Business to Heal the World by Bruno Roche and Jay Jakub

Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism by John Elkington

Elkington discusses the social responsibility of business and declares his manifesto for a system to serve people, planet and prosperity.

The Zeronauts: Breaking the Sustainability Barrier by John Elkington

Elkington introduces ‘Zeronauts’ in his book; innovators who aim to drive problems of carbon, waste, and poverty to zero. These innovators widely tackle economic, social and environmental challenges. Sifting through the environmental aspects of technical innovations, Elkington produces a five stage ‘Pathways to Zero’ model.

Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson

Focussing on the issues of continued economic growth in developed nations, Jackson highlights the detrimental environmental impact that rising consumption causes. Jackson finds a solution for how human society can prosper within the limited resourced earth that does not rely on continued economic growth without the ecosystem’s ability to support it.

Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet by Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman

‘If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you’d take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you’d reevaluate your assets. So, if we know the world is warming and there’s a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren’t we doing more about climate change right now?’. Taking an economic lens, Wagner and Weitzman analyse the consequences and possible solutions to this warming planet making previous work on this topic accessible for the general public.

Guides, Business and Marketing

The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet by Magali A. Delmas with David Colgan

A guide which aims to teach how the market of green products needs a two-fold marketing strategy that appeals to both the altruistic and egoistic values of consumers – termed ‘the green bundle’. Marketing strategy, environmentalism and human psychology are collated in this extensive guide.

The Future of Luxury Brands: Artification and Sustainability edited by Annamma Joy

A pioneering book analysing sustainability and the environmental aspects of four major sections of the luxury goods industry; the art world, fashion, hospitality services and fine wines.

The Green Executive: Corporate Leadership in a Low Carbon Economy by Gareth Kane

Global problems are made into digestible practical actions for businesses.

Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity: Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use by Dan Biller

Sustainable Business: Key Issues by Helen Kopnina, Rory Padfield and Josephine Mylan

This textbook provides an accessible overview of some concepts of sustainability in business. This updated version considers recent developments such as the climate emergency and COVID-19 and suggests a solution of circular rather than linear economy – a Cradle-to-Cradle
Framework rather than Cradle to Grave. The challenges and solutions offered in this textbook direct us to making sustainability a reality.

Business and the Environment: Implications of the New Environmentalism edited by Denis Fischbacher-Smith

For more resources, see our posts about other recent book displays.

Fresh Green Leaves: New Reading on Sustainable, Responsible & Ethical Business

A Spotlight on Wellbeing

Sainsbury Library M&M's at the MBA Information Fair.

A Warm Welcome at the MBA Information Fair

Today, the Sainsbury Library took part in the Saïd Business School’s MBA Information Fair. It was a great opportunity to welcome our incoming MBA students, answer questions and share how we can assist them during their studies at Oxford. The library team introduced MBAs to the many resources and services that we provide throughout the programme. There were also plenty of freebies including eco-friendly canvas bags, pens and notebooks – ideal for jotting down notes during lectures. And to keep up energy levels, we also offered Sainsbury Library branded M&M’s!

If you’re a new MBA student, do visit the library, meet the team, and discover how we can assist you in your studies. Here’s to a productive and inspiring year ahead!

Read more about the using the Sainsbury Library

How to use the library in 5 steps

Seven Fun Things to Do in the Library 

How to use the library in 5 steps

The Sainsbury Library has created a 5-step guide to help you navigate and use our services and resources with confidence. This guide provides essential information for making the most of the Sainsbury Library and beyond, including helpful links for further information. Our library staff is always available to answer questions and provide support. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

Step 1. Find a library

The Sainsbury Library, located within Saïd Business School, is the University’s dedicated Business and Management library. As part of the Bodleian Libraries, the Sainsbury Library is within a network of 26 libraries across Oxford. Being a member of the University of Oxford will give you access to all 26 libraries, and you can find a library on the Bodleian’s Find a library page by filtering facilities, accessibility and opening hours.

The main reading room of the Sainsbury Library spans the first and second floors of the Park End site building and is accessible to all students and staff.

While the library maintains core staffed opening hours (Vacation Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm; Term time Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm), Saïd Business School members can use it whenever the building is open. More information can be found on our library website.

The Lower Reading Room offers a variety of seating areas, while the Upper Reading Room is reserved for silent study. Altogether, the library provides just under 200 seats, including computers and docking stations across both floors.

Step 2. Find a book

Search Oxford Libraries Online (SOLO) is the online catalogue for Oxford University’s libraries, including the Bodleian Libraries and most college and faculty libraries. It is essential for searching and accessing physical books, ebooks and journal articles.

You need to use your SSO to login to SOLO. You can find some essential information on the Bodleian’s SOLO webpage.

To learn how to search and use SOLO, you can visit the subject guide for SOLO.

The Sainsbury Library houses over 12,000 print books on-site, including some textbooks and books on your reading lists. If you would like to search physical books at the Sainsbury Library, using the advanced search function, you can refine “Search Profile” to “Sainsbury Library” and select “Material Types” as “Books”.

Screenshot of the SOLO search interface.

Once you find the book to borrow, you need to check if it’s “Available” and note down the “Collection” and “Shelfmark”, which are two pieces of important information to help you locate the book in the Sainsbury Library.

LOCATIONS Sainsbury Library Available, Egrove Park (Kennington) = Collection: Egrove Park HD38.7 BRA 2019 Science, technology & business = Shelfmark: HD38.7 BRA 2019, Science, technology & business Sainsbury Library Available, Lower Reading Room = Collection: Lower Reading Room HD38.7 BRA 2019 = Shelfmark: HD38.7 BRA 2019 LOCATIONS Sainsbury Library, Available, Annexe = Collection: Annexe HD62.4 CAV 2002 = Shelfmark: HD62.4 CAV 2002 LOCATIONS Sainsbury Library, Available, Stack = Collection: Stack HD69.P75 MAY 1999 = Shelfmark: HD69.P75 May 1999
“Collection” = the location in the library. Lower Reading Room = Lower floor, Sainsbury Library Reading Room. Annexe = Lower floor-Annexe, Sainsbury Library Reading Room. Stack = Upper floor, Sainsbury Library Reading Room. Egrove Park (Kennington) = The Sainsbury Library's Egrove Park site in Kennington: to borrow books from Egrove Park (Kennington), please contact library@sbs.ox.ac.uk or refer to the signage in the library at Egrove Park.

Understand the sequence of shelfmarks

HD69 Class Number Alphabetical then Numerical order
Shelfmark = .P75 Cutter number Alphabetical then Numerical order
May The first three letters of the author’s name, or sometimes the title Alphabetical order
1999 Publication year Chronological order
  • The range of Class numbers has been marked in the library, adjacent to the shelves.
  • To locate a book, use the Class number by first referring to the letters, followed by the numbers
  • Then use additional Cutter numbers and/ or other item-specific information.

Step 3. Borrow a Book

Your borrowing allowance depends on the programme you are studying. The loan policy currently applies to all Bodleian libraries. Please refer to the Borrowing Policy.

Collections at the Sainsbury Library can usually be borrowed for 7 days for undergraduates and taught postgraduates, or 28 days for research graduates and staff members.

All loans, except “Same Day Loans”, have a maximum renewal period of 112 days (16 weeks) from the date of the original loan.

Items you have borrowed will be automatically renewed where possible, usually 1–2 days before the due date. An item reserved by another reader will not be automatically renewed.

At Park End Street, you can borrow books using the self-issue machine on the lower floor or bring them to the library enquiry desk.

Step 4. Access an ebook

You can find ebooks on SOLO or on subscribed ebook platforms after logging in with SSO. Access to ebooks varies according to the type of ebook, its licence, and the library membership of the user.

You can either download the whole ebook or chapters (with or without a loan period or Digital right management license).  If the item is licensed through “Digital rights management,” you would need to download Adobe Digital Editions (free App). You can register an account via the Adobe website.

More information can be found on ebook guide.

Step 5. Access and use business e-resources and databases

Information for databases can be found on the Business study subject guide. The guide gives you an overview of different types of resources including ejournals and databases, how to access or set up an account, and terms and conditions.

We have one Bloomberg workstation in the Sainsbury Library, and you need to book a slot to use the Bloomberg workstation.

New students from MBA, MFE, MLF and DPhils will be registered for a Capital IQ account at the beginning of the academic year, login details from S&P Capital IQ will be sent to your email.

If you are a new student at Saïd Business School and need to set up a Pitchbook Login, you can create an account following the link. To register students must use their @said.oxford.edu account, and faculty must use their @sbs.ox.ac.uk account.

Would like to know more!

If you would like to know more about how to use our services and resources, please look out for upcoming workshops and induction sessions. They will soon be announced on our training guide.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions! You can reach out to us in the library or via email library@sbs.ox.ac.uk .

Welcome to the Sainsbury Library!

Seven Fun Things to Do in the Library 

Seven Fun Things to Do in the Library 

The Sainsbury Library is more than just a place for books and academic resources, it’s a social place where you can recharge, make connections, and take a break from the intensity of your studies. As the new academic year begins, here are seven fun ways to relax and refresh in the library:

Seven Fun Things to Do in the Library 1. Sink into a Bean Bag for a Quick Nap – Recharge your brain with a cosy, quiet nap. Blankets and earplugs are available next to the enquiry desk. 2. Get Creative with Jigsaw Puzzles and Colouring – Relax your mind with some stress-free fun. 3. Design and Print Cool Posters for Your Society or to Decorate Your Room. Printing facilities are available in the library. 4. Read for Pleasure – Escape into a book that’s not on your reading list. You can request books from Bodleian Storage facilities delivered here. 5. Challenge Your Brain – Try out Wordle on the brand-new Macs (if you are feeling smart give the Connections and the Mini Crossword a go)! 6. Find a Study Buddy – Collaborate, brainstorm, or just keep each other motivated. 7. Chat with Our Friendly Library Staff – Stop by the enquiry desk and say hi; we’re always happy to help or just chat!

We hope you will find the Sainsbury Library a warm, welcoming, and energizing space that supports you throughout your exciting year ahead!

How to use the library in 5 steps

A library space including bookshelves.

A year in review 2023-2024: Sainsbury Library – Reconnecting and Evolving

During the 2023 academic year, students are returning to the Sainsbury Library with a renewed sense of energy after the pandemic’s disruption and a time of recovery. We’ve gathered data to highlight how our library space, physical collections, and other support services have been utilised throughout the year.

Moving forward: Our Key Initiatives (2023-2024)

  • Reaching students: we strived to connect directly with our users, while also collaborated with other departments to boost awareness of our services and support.
  • Ready to support: Whether in person or remotely, we continued providing extensive support to students while growing both our physical and digital collections.
  • Collaborate and engage: We actively worked closely with various departments to strengthen teaching and learning through our resource.

Library usage data

Looking ahead

As we enter the next academic year, we’re building on a strong foundation with plans to:

  • Listen to our users: Actively monitor user needs and adjust services accordingly.
  • Promote our services: Continue raising awareness of the many ways the library can support academic success
  • Create inspiring study spaces: Develop vibrant study environments with current collections and resources
  • Expand Accessibility: Ensuring that support is always available and various service provisions explored and implemented
  • Build community: Foster strong relationships with students and other departments and build a strong community to enhance learning experience.
The 'Fresh Green Leaves' book display in the library.

Fresh Green Leaves: New Reading on Sustainable, Responsible & Ethical Business

Sainsbury Library welcomes you to flick through, gain inspiration and learn from the leaves of our books with our display ‘Fresh Green Leaves: New Reading on Sustainable, Responsible & Ethical Business’.

Inspired by the Future Climate Innovators Summer School, and with the assistance of our work experience student, the titles look at climate crisis solutions, social justice, environmental economics, and the role of capitalism in creating a sustainable future. There are many different perspectives on display complementing the school’s interdisciplinary and global approach to sustainability. Some argue harnessing profits is the solution, others argue for degrowth; some examine the few who control resources, whilst others examine human psychology; some discuss global solutions and others individual choices. However, they all share the idea that the earth is everyone’s business and desire for a greener world.

Also, on display are two “cli-fis” (climate fiction for those new to the genre) that imagine possible futures in light of the climate crisis. These are ideal for those who desire, or prefer, the art of storytelling and imagination to explore the above themes.

The books have been separated below into themes and excerpts from the book’s blurbs give a snapshot into the book. Some books are available online, others in our library and some in other libraries across Oxford. You can see the options by selecting the titles below. But the best way to check out the display is by coming into the library, flicking through in person and seeing what piques your interest!

Comprehensive Collaborative Guides

Both these titles from Paul Hawken cover a wide range of topics, drawn from numerous sources, alongside practical solutions for the climate crisis. They also contain high-quality photographs adding a visual experience to the themes in the book.

From land to ocean, food to industries – Regeneration proposes an extensive menu of actions that collectively can reverse the overheating and degradation of our planet. The solutions, techniques, and practices range from solar power, electric vehicles, and tree planting to bioregions, azolla fern and forest farms; they are all doable, science-based, and comprise a precise and unequivocal course of action.

You can find out more at Project Regeneration too

For the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. All the techniques described here – some well-known, some you may have never heard of – are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are already enacting them. You can find out more.

You can find out more at Project Drawdown too

Books on Environmental Economics & Capitalism

  • The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources– The modern world is built on commodities – from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones We rarely stop to consider where they come from. But we should.
  • Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire: how business can save the world– Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But it’s also on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society in its single-minded pursuit of maximizing shareholder value.
  • This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate– Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It’s not about carbon – it’s about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better.
  • Green think: How profit can save the planet – in Green think, Fedrizzi turns conventional wisdom on its head by showing how profit can save the planet, and how sustainability is the biggest business opportunity of the 21st century.
  • Less is more: How degrowth will save the world (not in Sainsbury Library but available in other Bodleian Libraries) -. Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current crisis and create a sustainable future? The answer is: DEGROWTH
  • Environmental Economics: a very short introduction (available online)–Stephen Smith discusses environmental issues including pollution control, reducing environmental damage, and global climate change policies, answering questions about how we should balance environmental and economic considerations, and what form government policies should take.

Sustainability and Environment

Climate Change and Solutions:

Cli-fi:

  • The Carbon Diaries 2015– “It’s January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change (…) The Carbon Diaries 2015 is one girl’s drastic bid to stay sane in a world unravelling at the seams.”
  • The Ministry for the Future– “From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades (…) using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all”

For more resources, see our posts about other recent book displays.

A Spotlight on Wellbeing

Celebrating in true library fashion!

Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2023

Welcome to the World of AI

Wellbeing book display in the library.

A Spotlight on Wellbeing

The Sainsbury Library has decided to shine a spotlight on well-being, mental health, and self-help. University is often stressful but the final term even more so! We have put together different resources and displays to support wellbeing and mental health.

Wellbeing and Study Padlet

Poster for Wellbeing PadletHave you got any study tips? Do you have particular activities that help your wellbeing?

We have created a padlet to share top tips for wellbeing and studying. Please contribute by sharing your tips and read what other people have posted. Even if you do not have anything to share, we hope you still learn something useful.

Origami and colouring pages

We have our usual jigsaw puzzle for readers to complete, alongside colouring books with coloured pencils provided. We have also put out individual colouring sheets that can be taken to desks. We found a lot of fun designs including smiling dogs (Pomeranians and dachshunds), lazy cats, dragons and flowers.

We also have an origami section which includes paper and three fun books with instructions:

Books

Our book display showcases books within the Sainsbury Library collection, but also the wider Bodleian with graphic novels, illustrated books and online audiobooks. The Bodleian Libraries is one of six legal deposit libraries in the country this means we have a lot of books that you might not expect to find in university libraries.

For more information about each book go to the ‘About the Books’ below.

Graphic novels/illustrated books, read in library

Managing stress, online audiobooks:

Oxford SSO required for access:

Motivation and thinking, physical books:

Happiness and self-help, physical books:

Window Display

Our window display shows data on the business of mental health and wellbeing. It showcases data and charts relating to stress, corporate wellness services and fitness trends.

About the books (from the blurbs!):

  • Michael Rosen’s Sad Book — ‘Who is sad? Sad is anyone. It comes along and finds you’
  • Neurocomic- ‘Do you know what your brain is made of? How does memory function? What is a neuron and how does it work? For that matter what’s a comic and in the words of Lewis Caroll’s famous caterpillar: who are you?’
  • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse-‘A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie’s four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons.’
  • Lighter Than My Shadow- ‘a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the vulnerable, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness.’
  • Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me-‘Searching to make sense of the popular idea of the ‘crazy artist’, she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and writers who suffered from mood disorders, including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Styron, and Sylvia Plath.’
  • Why zebras don’t get ulcers– ‘Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humour and practical advice, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more.’
  • The mindfulness solution everyday practices for everyday problems-‘Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life’s inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it-and reap its proven benefits-without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide.’
  • Overcoming Stress-Induced Brain Fog-‘Brain fog is real—and it can cloud your thinking, sap your creativity and motivation, and take the joy right out of life. This book offers quick, proven-effective solutions to help you cut through the haze and think clearly.’
  • Teach yourself to think. ‘Five easy-to-follow steps to clear productive thinking (…)Thinking is the most fundamental skill. Your happiness and your success depends on your thinking. The book offers a structure that broadens our ability to respond to and cope with a vast range of situations.’
  • Drive : the surprising truth about what motivates us. ‘Daniel H. Pink explains in this paradigm-shattering book, the true secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world.’
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life -‘Manson makes the argument, backed by both academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade but on learning to stomach lemons better.’
  • On Being Authentic – ‘To thine own self be true.’ From Polonius’s words in Hamlet right up to Oprah, we are constantly urged to look within. Why is being authentic the ultimate aim in life for so many people, and why does it mean looking inside rather than out? Is it about finding the ‘real’ me, or something greater than me, even God? And should we welcome what we find?’
  • Happiness & economics-‘Curiously, economists, whose discipline has much to do with human well-being, have shied away from factoring the study of happiness into their work (…) This is the first book to establish empirically the link between happiness and economics-and between happiness and democracy. Two respected economists, Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer, integrate insights and findings from psychology, where attempts to measure quality of life are well-documented, as well as from sociology and political science’
  • Happiness: Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth. ‘Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world’s leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness.’
Books I need to sort out

Beyond the books at the Sainsbury Library

Do librarians spend their whole time shooshing? What are library staff up to when they are not reshelving or issuing books?  What is the librarian doing behind the enquiry desk? This year’s library trainee, Anna Roberts, has documented a day in the life at Sainsbury Library, giving a glimpse into library life beyond the books. You can read the full post on the Oxford libraries graduate trainees blog.

Introduction to traineeship
Trainees spend a year in a library learning about the different roles within librarianship and gaining valuable experience in library work. For a couple of years, the Sainsbury Library shared trainees with the Bodleian Law Library, but this academic year the library has returned to having its own! Trainees get to participate in the Bodleian Graduate training scheme which involves training sessions on specific topics, such as disability librarianship, assessment in libraries, cataloguing sessions, introductions to conservation and care, along with visits to archives, other libraries, and the Collection Storage Facility (where most of the Bodleian’s 13 million items are stored!). You soon learn it is much more than just books-particularly in a business library!

https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sainsbury-library-trainee/

Celebrating IWD in true library fashion

Celebrating in true library fashion!

Saïd Business School is celebrating two important occasions: International Women’s Day and hosting the Oxford Africa Business Forum 2024. The Sainsbury Library has decided to join in the celebrations with two different but complementary displays.

We have a window display at our library entrance, train station side, showcasing the library’s ebook collection of titles relating to doing business, entrepreneurship, and women’s empowerment in Africa. Our second display showcases books primarily from our physical collection, with a focus on women in business and women’s economic empowerment globally. Remember to look at both sides of the display. One side shows our books focused on the African continent and the other has books focused on women, business, and inclusion. To help you navigate each display, the titles have been split up into different categories.

The library would like to highlight that the books can be borrowed by students and staff within Saïd Business School and across the wider university community. Please see our library information page for our opening hours. Most of the ebooks will require a University of Oxford Single-Sign-On but, as highlighted below, some are open access and available to anyone!

Window Display
For our Window Display, the focus is on celebrating Oxford Africa Business Forum 2024 which is marking its 15th anniversary this year! The forum’s theme this year is Business as a Force for Nation Building and ‘is centred on the integral role businesses play in national development.’1 This is a perfect chance for the library to share and showcase its resources relating to Africa and Business. The display contains descriptions of the books and a QR code to access the ebook. Please note that many of the titles require an Oxford SSO but some on the list are open access.

Business and Development books
Our first category of books links to the Oxford Africa Business Forum’s theme of business and development within the continent.

Entrepreneurship and Leadership books
Our second category of books links to the school’s wider Oxford Saïd Africa Initiative and the Oxford Africa Business Alliance which aim to invest in Africa, support the next generation of African leaders, and to ‘stimulate a vigorous dialogue about business, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa’2.

Women’s Empowerment:
Our third category of books focus on women’s economic empowerment and includes a book on leadership co-authored by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who is a global financial and economics expert and the first woman and first African to be director general of the World Trade Organisation. These titles are also part of our International Women’s Day display to highlight the link between the two themes.

Book Display
Our physical book display primarily showcases books from our library’s general business collection which can be found in our Annexe room. The display has books on a wide range of topics from philosophers reimagining human development and public policy to women sharing their workplace experiences and career tips for women. There is something here for every reader!

Whilst not creating the display with IWD’s theme of ‘Inspiring Inclusivity’ in mind, the books on display highlight the theme throughout. The display has books from diverse authors such as Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Saadia Zahid, and Junheng Li. Titles have also been picked that showcase the international side of our collection.

Historical Books – all physical:

Books on leadership, careers, and working women’s lives-all physical books:

Books on philosophical and economical empowerment-ebooks and physical:

These titles are also included in our Oxford Africa Business Forum window display but link to International Women’s Day.

References
1. Africa Business Forum (n.d) Available at: https://www.oxfordafricaforum.com/ (Accessed: 7 March 2024)
2. Oxford Africa Business Alliance (n.d). Available at: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/school/our-community/oxford-africa-business-alliance (Accessed 7 March 2024)

 

The words "LIBRARY DROP-IN" displayed on a neon sign.

Library 1:1 Sessions

Feeling overwhelmed by the task of navigating SOLO to find books and journal articles, or exploring multiple business and management related databases and eresources?

You now have the option to book a personalised consultation session with one of our experienced librarians at the Sainsbury Library, either online or in person. This tailored session will provide you with the guidance and support your need to streamline your search and make the most out of the available resources. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

  • Session: Selecting business databases for your research:
    Contact: Hal Kirkwood, Bodleian Business Librarian: hal.kirkwood@sbs.ox.ac.uk
  • Session: Help with using and searching the business databases:
    Contact: Heidi Smithson, Senior Information Librarian: heidi.smithson@sbs.ox.ac.uk
  • Session: How to make the most of resources and services at the Bodleian Libraries via SOLO:
    Contact: Cui Cui, Circulation and Customer Services Librarian: cui.cui@sbs.ox.ac.uk