Earn £20 of Amazon vouchers!

Would you be interested in helping to improve library systems and earning a £20 Amazon voucher in the process?

We are currently looking for undergraduates, postgraduates, academics, research staff and other Oxford Libraries' readers to take part in usability testing of library interfaces during 8th and 9th weeks (7-18 March) . The work will involve carrying out a small number of tasks on the web and will take just under 1 hour.

If you are interested in taking part, please email usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk giving the following information:

1. Your name
2. Your contact telephone number
3. Please specify which of the following categories you fit into:
a. Current Oxford undergraduate
b. Current Oxford postgraduate (taught course)
c. Current Oxford postgraduate (research)
d. Current Oxford academic
e. Current Oxford research staff / post doc
f. Bodleian/Oxford Libraries reader (other than the above)

Oxoniensia

Good news for Local Historians!

The journal 'Oxoniensia' is now available online and access is free except for the most recent 5 years. You can find it at http://oxoniensia.org/ where you can browse or search past issues and also view the contents pages of the most recent 5 years.

You will find Oxoniensia listed on Oxford University e-Journals. It does not yet appear on SOLO but should do so very soon.

Book sale

There will be a book sale in the Library starting on Monday 24th January. Items are either withdrawn library stock or donations not required for the Library.

Standard price for ex-library/second hand books is £1 hardback and 50p paperback. There will also be some 'as new' items individually priced. Proceeds will go towards buying new books for the Library.

This will be an ongoing sale over the next few weeks with new items added regularly.

Beat the winter blues and treat yourself to a bargain book or two!

Inter-Library Loan price increase

The cost of Document Supply (ILL) in all the Bodleian Libraries has increased. Charges were last revised 2 years ago so the increase is necessary to cover the costs of the annual British Library price rise and also the 2.5% increase in VAT which came into effect in January.

The cost of a standard loan, photocopy or electronic document request has risen from £4 to £4.50. This cost is heavily subsidised by the Bodleian Libraries.

A full list of services and prices can be found on the Bodleian Libraries website.

Centre for Oxfordshire Studies

Information for Local Historians:

The Centre for Oxfordshire Studies in the Oxford Central Library in the Westgate Centre, will be closed to the public (together with the Library) from Monday 14th February 2011.

The Central Library will reopen on Monday 7th March 2011 and will include electronic and some printed resources for local and family history. Other resources from Oxfordshire Studies will move to the new Oxfordshire History Centre in Cowley which will combine Oxfordshire Studies, the Oxfordshire Record Office and Oxfordshire Health Archives. The new centre is expected to oepn in May 2011

For more details, and to keep up to date with the changes, please see the Oxfordshire Studies website http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirestudies

Term time hours resume this weekend

A reminder that the Rewley House Continuing Education Library will be open as usual this weekend:

Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm
Sunday 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Winter weather

Due to the adverse weather conditions, all Bodleian Libraries will be closing at 5pm from today until 23rd December.

The Rewley House Continuing Education Library was scheduled to close at 5pm anyway, so no change for us. However, please note that we will be closing for Christmas break at 3pm on Wednesday 22nd - again, this is our planned closure - re-opening on 4th January.

If weather conditions deteriorate, the above information may change. For information on all Bodleian Libraries see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/home