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Free Bodleian iSkills Online Workshops

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

Image of the Bodleian iSkills and Open Access Oxford logosOpen Access: Your thesis, copyright & ORA (Tue 22 Feb 10:00-11:00)

Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA). This session will focus on what ORA is and how to deposit one’s thesis in ORA, and how to access help with this process. It will also cover the relevant rights and permissions required and other issues that DPhil students need to take into account when preparing their thesis for upload to ORA.
Who is this session for?  All doctoral research students

iSkills: Getting started in Oxford Libraries (Tue 1 Feb 10:00-12:00; repeated Thu 17 Feb 10:00-12:00)

An introduction to getting started in Oxford Libraries, featuring live demonstrations and hands-on activities on how to use SOLO, the University’s resource discovery tool; how to search for a range of material and get hold of what you want to read; which Oxford Libraries to use for your needs and how to use our many services.

 

Literature searching and finding scholarly materials:
iSkills: Finding stuff – scholarly literature for your research (Mon 7 Feb 14:00-16:00; repeated Wed 16 Feb 10:00-12:00)

How to run effective literature searches for books, journal articles, conference materials, theses and dissertations from the University of Oxford and around the world.

iSkills: Preparing for your literature review in the Social Sciences (Tue 1 Mar 10:00-11:30)

Using your own research questions to build a successful search in the Social Sciences; working effectively with large result sets; sourcing highly cited papers relevant to your research; setting up alerts on your topic.

iSkills: UK Parliamentary and Government materials – an introduction (Thursdays in Hilary Term)

One-to-one sessions for finding and accessing historical and present-day UK parliamentary and government material, including print and digital sources, and any relevant archival materials.

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Reference Management

We offer workshops on three reference management tools for Windows and Mac users, which help you build libraries of references, insert references into your Word document as in-text citations or footnotes and automatically generate bibliographies:

Referencing: Endnote (Tue 15 Feb 14:00-16:00)

Referencing: RefWorks (Fri 11 Feb 14:00-15:30; repeated Thu 24 Feb 10:00-11:30)

Referencing: Zotero (Mon 14 Feb 14:00-15:00; repeated Thu 3 Mar 10:00-11:00)

 

Open Access

Open Access Oxford: What’s happening? (Monthly sessions)
A briefing on open access publishing and Oxford’s position including guidance on how to comply with the Open Access requirements for the REF and mandates from key funding bodies whilst respecting your publisher’s rights and policies. Will cover Gold and Green routes and Article Processing Charges; University policy for the Open Access block grants including RCUK/UKRI and Wellcome Trust.  The briefing is intended for current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians.

1st Week – Free Bodleian iSkills Online Workshops

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

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Introduction to Oxford Libraries

iSkills: Getting started in Oxford Libraries (Tue 1 Feb 10:00-12:00; repeated Thu 17 Feb 10:00-12:00)

An introduction to getting started in Oxford Libraries, featuring live demonstrations and hands-on activities on how to use SOLO, the University’s resource discovery tool; how to search for a range of material and get hold of what you want to read; which Oxford Libraries to use for your needs and how to use our many services.

Literature searching and finding scholarly materials

iSkills: Finding stuff – scholarly literature for your research (Mon 7 Feb 14:00-16:00; repeated Wed 16 Feb 10:00-12:00)

How to run effective literature searches for books, journal articles, conference materials, theses and dissertations from the University of Oxford and around the world.

iSkills: Keeping up to date with research (Mon 21 Feb 14:00-15:30)

An introduction to keeping up to date with research in your field by setting up and managing alerts on databases and other scholarly platforms.

iSkills: Preparing for your literature review in the Social Sciences (Tue 1 Mar 10:00-11:30)

Using your own research questions to build a successful search in the Social Sciences; working effectively with large result sets; sourcing highly cited papers relevant to your research; setting up alerts on your topic.

iSkills: UK Parliamentary and Government materials – an introduction (Thursdays from 27 Jan to 3 Mar)

One-to-one sessions for finding and accessing historical and present-day UK parliamentary and government material, including print and digital sources, and any relevant archival materials.

Reference Management Workshops

We offer workshops on three reference management tools for Windows and Mac users, which help you build libraries of references, insert references into your Word document as in-text citations or footnotes and automatically generate bibliographies:

Referencing: Endnote (Thu 27 Jan 10:00-12:00; repeated Tue 15 Feb 14:00-16:00)

Referencing: RefWorks (Fri 11 Feb 14:00-15:30; repeated Thu 24 Feb 10:00-11:30)

Referencing: Zotero (Mon 14 Feb 14:00-15:00; repeated Thu 3 Mar 10:00-11:00)

Open Access

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Open Access Oxford: What’s happening? (Runs monthly – next one Mon 17 Jan 15:00-16:00)
A briefing on open access publishing and Oxford’s position including guidance on how to comply with the Open Access requirements for the REF and mandates from key funding bodies whilst respecting your publisher’s rights and policies. Will cover Gold and Green routes and Article Processing Charges; University policy for the Open Access block grants including RCUK/UKRI and Wellcome Trust.  The briefing is intended for current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians.

 Keep an eye on our iSkills workshops page for upcoming workshops throughout the year; and for our workshop handouts, live webinar recordings and pre-recorded video tutorials. 

 

Wi-Fi Maintenance Works on Wednesday 22nd December at the SSL

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This Wednesday 22 December, an engineer from IT Services will be installing new Access Points for our wireless networks in the SSL.

There may be some brief interruption to the wireless service in different areas of the library (up to 15 minutes) while the Access Points are replaced.

During this time readers are advised to try moving to a different area of the library, connecting via a wired connection, or using the Bodleian Reader Workstations in the Reader PC Area and Information Skills Training Room.

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10th Week – Free Bodleian iSkills Online Sessions

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

Open Access Oxford: What’s happening?  (Thu 16 Dec 14:00-15:00)

An online briefing on open access publishing and Oxford’s position including guidance on how to comply with the Open Access requirements for the REF and mandates from key funding bodies whilst respecting your publisher’s rights and policies. Will cover Gold and Green routes and Article Processing Charges; University policy for the Open Access block grants including RCUK/UKRI and Wellcome Trust.

Who is this session for? Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians

8th Week – Free Bodleian iSkills Online Sessions

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

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Open Access: Your thesis, copyright & ORA (Mon 29 Nov 14:00-15:00)

Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA). This session will focus on the relevant rights and permissions and other issues that DPhil students need to take into account when preparing their thesis for upload to ORA.  It will also cover how to actually deposit one’s thesis in ORA, and how to access help with this process.

Who is this session for? All doctoral research students

 

Research metrics and citation analysis tools (Tue 30 Nov 14:00-15:00)

An introduction to citation tracking and bibliometrics in which we examine a range of tools for finding journal, article and author metrics, in the context of moves towards responsible metrics in measuring the impact of publications and researchers. We will look at the main issues involved in using citation analysis to measure impact; using Journal Citation Reports and CiteScore Journal Metrics to find journal impact factors; using Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to track and count citations to papers and individual researchers; how to calculate your own h-index; measuring impact using altmetrics; creating a researcher profile and using ORCID IDs to identify your work.

Who is this session is for?  Researchers, academics, research support staff and research postgraduates in Sciences and Social Sciences.

 

Referencing: EndNote (Introduction to) (Thu 2 Dec 14:00-16:00)

EndNote 20 is a desktop-based reference management tool for Windows and Mac users, which helps you build libraries of references and insert them into your Word document as in-text citations or footnotes and automatically generate bibliographies. This introduction to EndNote is open to all University of Oxford students, researchers and staff and teaches you how to use the software so that you can effectively manage your references.

Who is this session for?  Oxford students, researchers and other staff.

 

7th Week – Free Bodleian iSkills Online Sessions

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

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Open Access: UKRI Policy briefing (Mon 22 Nov 15:00-16:00)

UKRI funded and need to know how to comply from 1st April 2022?  In this focused online briefing we will step you through the changes and new requirements, provide links to further UKRI information and guidance, let you know where to find help at Oxford and answer as many questions as we can.

Who is this session for? Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians.

Referencing: Zotero (Wed 24 Nov 14.00-15.00)

An online introduction to Zotero, a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and add citations and bibliographies to word processed documents using your chosen citation style.

Who is this session for? Students, researchers and staff needing to manage references and create bibliographies.

iSkills: Archives and modern papers for Social Sciences and History (Wed 24 Nov 15:00-16:30)

The Bodleian’s Weston Library has a wealth of archival material covering almost all aspects of modern British society and culture. This session will introduce key finding aids and get you started with the research skills needed to make the most of these resources.

Who is this session for? Students, researchers and other Bodleian Libraries’ readers considering using modern papers and archives in social science or historical research.

Open Access Oxford: What’s happening? (Monthly briefings – next one Thu 25 Nov 11:00-12:00)

An online briefing on open access publishing and Oxford’s position including guidance on how to comply with the Open Access requirements for the REF and mandates from key funding bodies whilst respecting your publisher’s rights and policies. Will cover Gold and Green routes and Article Processing Charges; University policy for the Open Access block grants including RCUK/UKRI and Wellcome Trust.

Who is this session for? Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians

iSkills: Managing research data and Data Management Planning (Fri 26 Nov 10:00-12:00)

Good research data management is a vital component of academic practice. This session introduces the University’s research data policy and outlines the practical impact this will have on your work. The services available at Oxford to assist you will be outlined. Topics to be covered will include: common dangers and pitfalls of digital data; producing a data management plan; institutional, funder and publisher requirements; issues around preserving data and cybersecurity; ORA-Data, Github and other preservation services.

Who is this session for? All DPhil students and research staff

iSkills: Preparing for your literature review in the Social Sciences (Fri 26 Nov 14:00-15:30)

Get ready to undertake your literature review using your own research questions to build a successful search and apply it to a range of library resources. We will show you how to build a successful search strategy; use a range of bibliographic databases and search tools in the Social Sciences; work effectively with large result sets; source highly cited papers relevant to your research; and set up alerts for newly-published papers on your topic.

Who is this session for? Postgraduate students and research staff in the Social Sciences

Beating the 5th Week Blues – Wellbeing at the SSL

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5th Week at Oxford is sadly known as the week in which many students struggle with burnout, low mood and homesickness. At the halfway point in the term, it’s easy to neglect wellbeing in favour of putting university assignments first. However, here at the SSL, we have collated some ways you can prioritise your welfare whilst at the library or as a student in Oxford more generally.

Take regular study breaks

Whilst studying, it’s important to take regular breaks to care for your mental health and prevent burnout. Taking a rest also stops you from having too much screentime and ensures you’re more productive too. We have a comfy seating area at the back of the Reader PC section where you can take a break away from your desk and unwind in the middle of a study session. There are also power sockets if you need to charge up your phone.

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Study in a group in one of our discussion rooms

Studying in a group can be helpful to combat isolation, stress and pressure in academic environments. A 2017 study even discovered that a study group could be beneficial for mental health at university. Additionally, studying with others can help to avoid procrastination and break up the monotony of spending hours revising alone. You can book one of our discussion rooms for a study group via our online form here.

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photo (c) John Cairns

Enjoy the fresh air outside on the picnic benches

Time outside in the fresh air is proven to increase creativity, aid concentration, and boost your mood. Getting outside and away from the library environment can help to clear the head and get a fresh perspective. The Manor Road Building now has picnic benches situated outside under cover, so you can take a break in the fresh air in all weathers. You can also visit the University Parks if you’re looking to take a slightly longer break, as they are only a 5 minute walk away from us here at the SSL.

A photo of the picnic benches out the front of the Manor Road Building

 

Stay hydrated – visit the cafe upstairs for drinks, snacks and hot meals

Drinking plenty of water while studying helps to avoid headaches and maintain good health. You can bring bottled water into the SSL, and any other drinks must be contained in a Keep Cup. We have a water fountain available outside in the main foyer of the Manor Road Building where you can refill your bottle also. Eating regularly is important too, so why not visit the Manor Road Cafe upstairs where you can buy snacks, drinks and hot meals? It’s open from 8am-3pm, and outside of those times coffee, cold drinks and a selection of snacks are available to buy from the vending machines opposite too.

An image of the Manor Road Cafe. There is a slogan, "First things first, coffee", printed onto the left wall and seating on the right.

Make plans to do something you enjoy after studying

Having plans to look forward to after a long session at the library can help you to relax and switch off after an intense day of studying. It’s also motivating throughout the day to have a goal to work towards! Making plans with a friend or buying tickets to a new film in advance can help to ensure that you’ll definitely take that much needed rest away from studying.

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Access the University Counselling Service

The University Counselling Service is there to support all students at the university, working with 11-12% of the student population each year. With individual counselling sessions, group sessions and workshops, there are a variety of ways to access the service however would be most beneficial to you. Talking to a professional about your mental health, worries or problems can be important for wellbeing at university, and with appointments available both online and in-person, the service is more accessible than ever this year.

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Peer Support Programme

The Peer Support Programme at Oxford is a first-step/early intervention structure that deals with mild mental health needs. Trained students act as Peer Supporters, facilitating conversations about mental health and sharing their own experiences, as well as allowing for mutual support through challenges. This offers social support whilst fighting the stigma and encouraging empathy around mental health issues. Additionally, there are also Peers of Colour and Rainbow Peers who identify as people of colour or LGBTQ+ respectively. They have undergone further training and you can reach out to them if it would be helpful to talk about issues relating to race/racism and sexuality/gender.

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Free access for Oxford University Students to Togetherall

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact this has had on our mental health and the student experience at Oxford, the university has expanded its welfare services to include Togetherall, a free service for all Oxford students giving you access to a global welfare community 24/7. It is a safe online community where people support each other anonymously to improve mental health and wellbeing. Millions of people in the UK have access via their participating employer, university, college, NHS provider or local council.

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There are various local and national organisations that can provide support to you whilst you’re at Oxford too.

Nightline – a completely independent listening, support and information service run for and by students of Oxford and Oxford Brookes universities. The line runs from 8pm-8am Monday to Sunday, 0th week to 9th week during Oxford University term time. (01865270270)

Students Against Depression – self-help resources and signposting specifically for student mental health issues.

Oxford SU Student Advice Service – an independent advice and information service for Oxford University students. The service offers a space for you to talk in confidence and information on a range of issues you might encounter during your time at Oxford.

Samaritans – a crisis line run 24/7 for anyone who’s struggling to cope or who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure. Call 116 123 anytime to talk through anything from study-related stress, bereavement to mental health problems, or anything else you may need a neutral ear for.An image of someone sat in front of a laptop. They are holding their phone and have pink painted nails.

6th Week – Free Bodleian iSkills Online Sessions

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

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Open Access: UKRI Policy briefing (Mon 15 Nov 12:00-13:00; still places left Thu 11 Nov 10:00-11:00)

UKRI funded and need to know how to comply from 1st April 2022?  In this focused online briefing we will step you through the changes and new requirements, provide links to further UKRI information and guidance, let you know where to find help at Oxford and answer as many questions as we can.

Who is this session for? Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians.

Referencing: RefWorks (Mon 15 Nov 14:00-15:30)

RefWorks is a web based reference management tool for Windows and Macs which helps you to collect and manage references and insert them into your Word document as in-text citations or footnotes and generate bibliographies. This online introduction to RefWorks is open to all University of Oxford students and staff.

Who is this session for? Oxford Students, researchers and other staff.

iSkills: UK Parliamentary and Government materials – an introduction (slots available every Tue this Nov)

One-to-one sessions for finding and accessing historical pre-1800 and post-1800 to present day UK parliamentary and government material. Print and digital sources will be covered. We will also cover archival material if relevant. This will be of vital help to history, politics and social sciences students using this material.

Who is this session for? History, Politics and other Social Science students, in particular anyone just starting their Postgraduate studies or new to using these materials.

Finding stuff: Scholarly literature for your research (Thu 18 Nov 14:00-16:00)

An online introduction to searching for scholarly materials to support your research, covering a range of tools for finding books, journal articles, conference papers, theses and more from the University of Oxford and around the world.

Who is this session for? Postgraduate students, researchers and academics.

iSkills: Working with sensitive research data in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Fri 12 Nov 10:00-12:00) (Week 5)

Will cover issues around creating original data in the Social Sciences and Humanities, and collecting from a third party source such as a data archive.

Who is this session for? All DPhil students and research staff in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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Bodleian iSkills – Free Workshops Taking Place in 5th Week

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Bodleian iSkills is a series of workshops designed for postgraduates and researchers, covering information discovery and searching for scholarly materials, keeping up to date with research, using reference management tools, research data management and open access publishing.  For Michaelmas term, most of the workshops will continue to run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

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iSkills: Introduction to web archives for research use (Mon 8 Nov 14.00-15.00)

The Internet has been available since the early 1990s and has been a repository for almost all human thought. It is, however, a highly ephemeral resource with websites in regular change and frequent deletion. A web archive attempts to capture, preserve, and give access to archived websites at regular intervals. This session will introduce web archives and their potential for academic research at all levels.By the end of the session you will have an introductory overview of the potential of web archives (and the UK Web Archive in particular) for academic research.

Who is this session for?  Undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and University staff

Referencing: EndNote (Introduction to) (Tue 9 Nov 10:00-12:00)

EndNote 20 is a desktop-based reference management tool for Windows and Mac users, which helps you build libraries of references and insert them into your Word document as in-text citations or footnotes and automatically generate bibliographies. This introduction to EndNote is open to all University of Oxford students, researchers and staff and teaches you how to use the software so that you can effectively manage your references.

Who is this session for?  Oxford students, researchers and other staff.

iSkills: Keeping up to date with research (Wed 10 Nov 10.00-11:30)

An online introduction to using alerts to keep up to date with new research and save you time. A combination of presenter-led instruction and the opportunity for participants to set up email alerts to receive notifications for publications in their field of research.

Who is this session for? Postgraduates, researchers, academics and anyone interested in the topic.

Open Access: UKRI Policy briefing (Thu 11 Nov 10:00-11:00)

UKRI funded and need to know how to comply from 1st April 2022?  In this focused online briefing we will step you through the changes and new requirements, provide links to further UKRI information and guidance, let you know where to find help at Oxford and answer as many questions as we can.

Who is this session for? Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians.

iSkills: Working with sensitive research data in the Sciences and Medical Sciences (Fri 19 Nov 10:00-12:00)

A workshop outlining some of the key principles to bear in mind when working with sensitive or restricted research, whether collected yourself or obtained from a third party source such as an NHS trust or Biobank data. Issues of confidentiality, informed consent, cybersecurity and data management will be covered. Examples of scenarios or concerns drawn from the research of participants are particularly welcome. The role of support services at Oxford will also be outlined and in particular the role of the Bodleian Data Librarian who will lead the session. Follow up consultations with the Data librarian or other subject consultants are also offered.

Who is this session for? All DPhil students and research staff in the Sciences and Medical Sciences

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Booking a Discussion Room at the SSL

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Do you need somewhere for your study group to meet? Do you have an online meeting with your tutor and need somewhere to talk without disturbing others? Then you might want to book a discussion room at the SSL! We have 2 discussion rooms – one large and one small – available to be booked by members of the Social Sciences Division (and students of Economic and Social History) for academic, University of Oxford-related purposes. They are the only places you can undertake a phone call or group study session in the SSL and so are very popular – booking is usually necessary! The small discussion room can be used for groups of up to 4 people, and the large can have groups of up to 10.

How to book a discussion room

To book one of the rooms, you first need to check the booking calendars for the date and time you require. You can do this by scanning the QR code outside the discussion rooms, or visiting the calendars on our website. We have a different calendar for each of our bookable rooms.

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You can book up to 2 hours before the session, or as far in advance as you would like. Once you’ve checked the room you want to book is available, you can fill out our new online form, also found on our website. It asks for some personal information such as your email address in case we need to contact you regarding your booking, and what department you are from so we can verify you are a member of the Social Sciences department. You then fill in the date and time you require, and there is a link to check the calendars in case you have forgotten or want to double check your slot.

Image of the SSL room booking form. Text says: I have checked the room is free at the requested day and time; What date would you like to book the room for? When would you like the session to start? When would you like the session to finish? What would you like to name the session?If you’re unable to fill out the online form to book the room, you can also email the SSL (ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk), telephone us on 01865 271093, or speak to a member or Library Staff at the issue desk. Please not, your booking is not confirmed until you recieve a confirmation email from the library.

Using the Room

Both rooms have a boardroom layout with a whiteboard and LCD projector, and there are markers and a remote available to borrow from the issue desk. Additionally, they both have power sockets and ethernet points. The large discussion room has a television and video/DVD player in addition to this.

When using the room, the same library rules apply as in our other study spaces.

  • No drinks other than bottled water unless they’re in a Keep Cup
  • If you want to eat something, either visit the cafe upstairs or enjoy a break on one of the picnic benches outside
A photograph of our small discussion room. 3 library users sit around the table with a laptop and books and another library user stands by the whiteboard talking to them.

photo (c) John Cairns

If the room is not in use and there are no bookings on the calendar, then you are free to use the room until the next booking. We ask you to be considerate when using our discussion rooms as staff are not able to clear each group out before the next session, so leaving promptly when your booking is complete or before the next group is due to arrive is much appreciated.

If there are any problems with the discussion rooms, such as faulty equipment or a booking query, staff are more than happy to help! If you have any questions, drop us an email at ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or come and talk to us at the issue desk.