Let's Go To The Library Part II - Oxford

Let's Go To The Library Part II
The Oxford Libraries



The largest of the various Oxford libraries is the Bodleian Library with a stock of over 6.5 million items and a staff of over 400. It is a legal deposit library with extensive research collections and is mainly reference-only. The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. It is also a copyright deposit library and its collections are used by scholars from around the world.

Oxford has an extremely rich and diverse library service provided by over one hundred libraries. There are major research libraries, libraries attached to the faculties, departments and other institutions of the University, and college libraries.

Interesting fact:

Until fairly recently, before being granted access to the library, new readers were required to speak aloud the declaration printed below. This oath is now printed on the application form readers must sign in order to obtain their ticket:

I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library.

Thank you once again for going to the library and remember BOOKS ARE COOL!!!