L is for... Looking for a seat? #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z We know the main reading rooms can get quite full during busy periods! Luckily, we've got lots of big, quieter reading rooms that you are also free to use for study 📖🤫

🎄Holiday Opening Hours 🎄 Today and tomorrow, the Humanities Library will be open 9am-5pm! The library will then be closed for the holidays! ☃️ We'll reopen for weekend access arrangements on Friday 2nd January. Normal opening hours resume on Monday 5th January! More information: shorturl.at/48Cqc

K is for KeepCup! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Bringing a hot drink into the library?🍵📖 To help keep our space clean and our collections safe, only sealed reusable cups are permitted - just like this lovely @bodleian.ox.ac.uk one below!

Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today ✨ Our new display, Dancing with Austen, explores how dance shaped her social world and drove the plots of her novels. Now on display at the Weston Library. #JaneAusten

Introducing our ✨New Films Display✨ Regularly updated with our most recent acquisitions, you'll find an eclectic mix of borrowable films to help you in your studies! Either watch in-house using one of our audiovisual rooms, or, loan a DVD player from our help desk to watch at home 🍿🎬

There's some fresh new art for the Humanities Library for the first time! That's how you know we've really made it.❄️

What’s in this dragon’s hoard? Books, of course! 🐉📚 Fidget toys are now available for our readers to use! Please don't take them out of the library, and pop them back in the basket when you’re done. Go find them in the relaxation zone on the first floor!

J is for Journals! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z With the latest issues of Film periodicals, the TLS and the NYRB (@nybooks.com) available (1st floor, by Multimedia Room), why not have a cheeky browse? If you need something else, we have thousands more titles you can order up from off-site to consult! 🗞️

I is for Informal Study Space! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Alongside our more formal work areas, we have various relaxed study spaces too! Some of these include our ground floor public space, our comfy sofas near the help desk, and our relaxation zone (equipped with cosy puzzles, naturally…) 🤗🧩

🚨 Calling all DPhils! 🚨 Fancy taking a break and connecting with fellow DPhils over some hot drinks, cake, and a plethora of festive crafts? Then sign up to the DPhil Crafty Connections event below – spaces are limited! ☕ Link: ox-ac.libcal.com/calendar/rsl...

It's almost the end of Michaelmas Term already! As such, our vacation loans will kick in from Monday, 1st December! 📚🎁 Any books borrowed from this date onwards will then be due back on Tuesday, 20th January 😊

It's time to destress and relax 🧘 Did you know we have 8 little wooden puzzles for readers to do on their study breaks? Complete with cute tins, quirky cut-outs, and wooden puzzle boards to lean on! Each puzzle is small enough to complete as a break in your study schedule ☕🧩😌

Struggling to find books? Good news! By popular demand, there are now collections maps available for the Humanities Library! #YouSaidWeDid Simply look up a book on SOLO, find the shelf mark, and use this to navigate by zones on the map! Maps are kept at the library help desk. Happy navigating! 🧭

H is for Help Desk! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Our help desk is available by the main library entrance, and is staffed from 9am-9pm. 🔖 We have maps, informational leaflets, and bookmarks 📖 We want your loans, returns, and questions 🆘 We're here to help! Stop by and say hello! 👋

📢 Calling all English students with upcoming dissertations 📢 Unsure where to start with your research? Come along to our training sessions! When & where: 25th November (Digital Study Room) 28th November (Digital Study Room) To book, email [email protected]

It’s #WorldPhilosophyDay! Why don't you celebrate by picking up a new-to-you philosophy text for the weekend? We're now adding subject information to our signage — browsing has never been easier. 💭

G is for Graduate Spaces! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Graduate student wanting a bit more privacy? We’ve got four rooms just for you – two reading rooms for general study, and two bookable discussion rooms! Use your card to get in, and ask a librarian if you can’t find them. 📚

Umbrellas abound at the Humanities Library on this stormy afternoon! 🌧️☔ Wishing you all a wonderful (and hopefully dry) weekend when it comes around!

📢 Calling all first year English students 📢 Need help finding resources for Prelims Paper 2? Then don't miss our training sessions! When & where: 19th November (Digital Study Room) 20th November (online via Teams) To book, email [email protected]

F is for Feedback! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Have any thoughts on the library? Do let us know!💭 Thanks to our readers, we've received lots of constructive feedback since our opening. From this, we've enacted various changes to the library's space and services as seen by our 'You said, we did' poster!

Heads up for our readers! Engineers are currently in working on our lift, so the very dramatic drilling noises you hear are no need for worry 🛗 Our help desk can advise you on the furthest seats from the noise.

E is for Exhibitions! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z We’ve got exciting exhibition space on both the first and ground floors, right outside the library entrances – this season is focused on ‘The Humanities in the 1930s’. Perfect for browsing, particularly if you show up early for our 9am opening. 😊

Calling DPhils! 📣 The Bodleian Libraries are offering an exclusive free guided tour of the Treasured exhibition on Wednesday 26th November. You'll also have the chance to meet fellow DPhil students and library staff over a mince pie. Spaces are limited! Book here: forms.office.com/e/jibkwGNjvz

#Halloween is here! 👻🎃 Our spooky help desk is always available to answer your most terrifying questions, like ‘where is this book?’ or ‘why can’t I find somewhere to sit?’. There'll always be at least one member of staff here and happy to help! (Unseen here, but we're usually corporeal, promise!)

D is for Dictionaries! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z Want a more #darkacademia aesthetic than searching terms on the web? We’ve got hard copies of reference works on our 1st and 2nd floors! Head to the western side of the main reading spaces – ‘Dictionaries 1’ or ‘Dictionaries 2’ on SOLO. Bill for scale.

Heads up for our readers! Engineers are currently hard at work repairing our book gates; no longer will they beep at random times! Thank you for bearing with us while we make the library even better for you (the library is still fully accessible in the meantime).

You said, we did! • Gate entry noises (except alarms)=off on both floors! • Height-adjustable Quick Search machine=available! • Shelf-ends for books=progressing! • Two sets of piano headphones=in place! • Monitors spread out=done! Please keep the post-its and opinions coming; it really helps!

Introducing our ✨first ever✨ display! Examining the developments in Film, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, and Theology during the turbulent 1930s, it references events such as WWII, The Great Depression, and the Harlem Renaissance, making it especially topical for #BlackHistoryMonth!

C is for classification! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z We use the Library of Congress Classification System at the Humanities Library! 🏛️ This means that each item is organised by subject using a combination of letters and numbers. See this handy poster for further detail on how the system is broken down!

B is for books! #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z We heard a rumour that the Humanities Library has no books in it... and we're delighted to tell you that this is NOT TRUE 🚫 Our library houses over 110,000 books on the open shelves! 📚 And that's not even mentioning our CDs, DVDs, or music scores...

#OTD in 1854, Oscar Wilde was born! We've got plenty of books by (and about!) him waiting here in the library, if you feel like celebrating his birthday 🎂🥳📖

Do you want a ✨library tour?✨ We're hosting tours for returning* students and staff every day this week at 11:30am and 2pm. No need to book, just turn up! *New students and staff also welcome, if you missed our introductory tours last week!

Have you borrowed a book for the vacation? Bill, Beethoven, and Lanfranc would like to remind you that vacation loans are due back on Tuesday 14th October! All usual Bodleian lending policies apply: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/bor...

We know that a whole new library is a big thing... so we're going to help you get acclimatised with our new series, #HumanitiesLibraryA-Z! Once a week, we'll show off our new library featuring a different letter of the alphabet! Watch this space 👀

Got something to say? We want to hear it! 📣 We've put up a feedback wall to gather your thoughts on our new library. We want to hear from you, whether you have compliments or constructive criticism! Feel free to express yourself with handwritten notes or dot voting 🚥✍️💚

Huge congratulations to the @bodhumslib.bsky.social team for such a successful opening of the New Humanities Library at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities this week! Wonderful feedback for readers and such happy staff!

Good news - we've extended our opening hours! 🔔 For all readers, we're open: Monday - Friday, 9am-8pm Further hours (including weekends!) are available for the Humanities Division, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Joint Schools in Philosophy. Full details: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/hu...

We've been delighted that so many of you have come to see the new library! If you haven't had a chance to make it yet, here's a little sneak peek of our new library for you ✨📚✨

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨ A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026. 🧵 [1/6]

Good morning @bodhumslib.bsky.social! Wonderful that you are open! All the very best! bsky.app/profile/bodh...

It's time for our ✨soft opening!✨ From today, we are officially open! You can come by any time from 9am-5pm. From Thursday onwards, our opening hours will be extending. Watch this space! 🥁

Our team has been hard at work setting up the library, putting the books in place, connecting the PCs, and arranging our Mr Tolkien bust! We won't share any pictures yet. You'll have to wait for the grand opening for that! We're looking forward to welcoming you all on Monday! 🤩✨🥁 #HumsLibraryMove

And they're gone! 👋 Last week, we said goodbye to our Film Studies books and DVDs, and sent them over to the new Humanities Library! These items will therefore be unavailable for the next couple of weeks, until the Humanities Library opens- follow @bodhumslib.bsky.social for updates on this!

And now the time has come... the Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library is gradually being moved to our new home! #HumsLibraryMove

👋Goodbye to the Film Studies collections 🎬 The film collections at the Taylorian will be leaving us this Thursday in preparation for their move to the new Humanities library. They will be unavailable for a few weeks, so do your borrowing now! For more updates, follow @bodhumslib.bsky.social!

What do you call a library without books? 📚 No, we're not setting up a joke - the English Faculty Library collections have now been packed up ready for the move! #HumsLibraryMove

100 followers in less than 24 hours? Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone! 🎉