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Weston Library Exhibition – ‘Pets & their People’ Book Display

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To tie in with the Weston Library exhibition titled Pets & their People (running until 27th September 2026), we have created a pop-up book display located in the Social Science Library (SSL).

Image shows the Weston Library Exhibition Display case. The grey display unit holds 4 shelves of books on animals and pets. The exhibition poster is on top of the case with the image of a cat wearing a red bonnet and the title 'Pets & their People'.

The exhibition in the Weston Library explores how the relationship between humans and their pets has evolved over 10,000 years of domestication. It asks: how has the special bond between owners and pets changed, and what does this reveal about who we are?

People & their Pets invites you to explore depictions of pets and human/animal companionship in stories, imagery, and poetry in the Bodleian’s collections. From the letters that inspired The Wind in the Willows and a rare first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, to one of the earliest recorded depictions of an assistance dog for the blind, the Bodleian is filled with animal treasures. The book display in the SSL highlights the wide array of animal literature and non-fiction books in the Bodleian’s collections, from Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot to Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk.

The book display contains books from the Collections Storage Facility (CSF). The items from the CSF are for use in the library only and cannot be borrowed. You are welcome to remove books from the display to look at in the library and return them there afterwards.

You can find out more about this and upcoming exhibitions in the Weston Library on the Visit Bodleian website.

Listen In : How Radio Changed the Home Book Display

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To tie in with the Weston Library exhibition titled, Listen In: How Radio Changed the Home, (running until the 31st August 2025), we have created a pop-up book display.

A display of books in the Social Science Library that ties in with the exhibition in the Weston Library entitled "Listen In : How Radio Changed the Home".

The exhibition in the Weston Library, which primarily focuses on the early years of radio, explores how life in the home changed with the introduction of this new device.

The book display in the SSL is made up of books about radio during this time period and the history of broadcasting in Britain. It also contains items on the importance of the radios introduction around the world and the role that it played during certain social and historical events.

This book display contains books from the Collections Storage Facility (CSF) and the Social Science Library’s own collection. The items from CSF are for use in the library only and cannot be borrowed. Many of the SSL items are loanable.

You can find out more about this, and upcoming exhibitions in the Weston Library on the Visit Bodleian website.

Oracles, Omens and Answers Book Display

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To tie in with the Weston Library exhibition on Oracles, Omens and Answers, we have created a pop-up book display.

A display of books in the Social Science Library to tie in with the Oracles, Omens and Answers exhibition in the Weston Library.

The exhibition in the Weston Library (which runs until 27th April 2025) looks at several time periods and traverses the world, looking at ways that people tried to find answers to some of life’s questions.

The book display in the SSL includes books on the concept of divination as well as books on the anthropological studies of the practices that are displayed in the Weston Library exhibition.

This book display contains books from the Collections Storage Facility (CSF) and the Social Science Library’s own collection. The items from CSF are for use in the library only and cannot be borrowed. The SSL items are loanable.

You can find out more about this, and upcoming exhibitions in the Weston Library on the Visit Bodleian website.