Queen Victoria's journals

Queen Victoria’s journals are now available online at http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/  This is a collaborative project created by Bodleian Libraries, the Royal Archives and ProQuest. As well as the digitised journals, the site contains supporting material.

The site is freely available within the UK, and on a trial basis for worldwide users until 30th June.

For more information, follow the news link on the Bodleian Libraries home page http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

New service: Scan and Deliver

Bodleian Libraries have launched a new service, Scan and Deliver, which enables you to request electronic scans of items held in the Book Store at Swindon to be sent to your desktop.

1. You may request up to one chapter from a book, or one article from a journal issue.
2. Items are requested using SOLO (you must be signed in using your Oxford Single Sign On).
3. There is a charge of £4.75 per item, payable at the time of placing the request using your PCAS account.

For full details, see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/scan-and-deliver

For Research Students

Are you a D.Phil student registered with the Department for Continuing Education?

From Friday 4th May you will be able to borrow 10 books from the Rewley House Continuing Education Library instead of 8, and they will be loaned for 4 weeks rather than 2. Renewals will still be possible provided no one has requested them.

We hope that you will find this change helpful for your research

Monday 7th May

The Rewley House Continuing Education Library will be closed on Monday 7th May, the May Bank Holiday.

Most other Bodleian libraries are open as normal

Keep control of your references

Check out the following guides to alternative tools to help you keep track of your research:

'RefWorks for managing references and citations' http://ox.libguides.com/RefWorks

'Zotero citation management' http://ox.libguides.com/Zotero

New resource: Old Maps Online

Old Maps Online http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ is a portal to a number of international map collections. It currently has around 60,000 maps with more collections to be added during 2012, including maps from the Bodleian Library. This resource is freely available - no password needed

Moving bookstack repairs

Repairs and maintenance of the moving bookstacks on the lower floor of the Library will be carried out on Friday 10th February.

There will inevitably be some noise, and disruption of access to books. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, but it is essential that this work is carried out as soon as possible. Also apologies for the short notice - the work was originally scheduled for the following week, but the company had a cancellation and as Fridays tend to be quieter in the Library, we accpeted tha last minute change.