Our first day of tours is done, and we want your feedback! Is there something you wish we spent more time talking about? Anything we could have skipped? Do you think your guide's jumper was cool and just want to pay a compliment? Let us know by popping a note in the Whimsy Cube!

This week is #BannedBooksWeekUK. Join @indexoncensorship.org to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and lend them. Celebrate the freedom to read.

Happy Noughth Week! The Art Library team are excited to welcome all the new faces coming to Oxford this year, and say welcome back to those returning! Don't forget to sign up for our induction tours, running for the next two weeks: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/getting-...

📣Library News📣 We'll be running induction tours for the next couple of weeks, so you can get acquainted (or re-acquainted) with our layout and systems for the coming year. We can't wait to see you all there!

In the run-up to Michaelmas term, we wanted to spread the word about these handy 30-minute webinars! The sessions will introduce you to the Bodleian Libraries, and show how we can help you get the most out of your degree. www.new.ox.ac.uk/bodleian-lib...

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year. ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Watery environments don't usually mix well with libraries, but we've found a way to make it work! "Decks and Wrecks: a Voyage through Maritime Art and Archaeology" is now available for you to peruse on the ground floor.

It was great to see so many of you at our open day today! #GoingToOxford

From coinage to colours: here is this week's new book display!

📢 The revamped Open Access Oxford website needs testing! 📢 If you're an academic, researcher, or research support staff, we want your feedback! If you can spare 30 minutes for a Teams call before the 19th September, please email [email protected] to take part.

Welcome to our friends at @bodhumslib.bsky.social! We know a lot of hard work is going into this book move, so why not follow along?

Step inside a record shop and you’ll be surrounded by artworks. This is something that Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke have always considered, always approaching album covers as works of art in themselves. This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke is open until 11 January.

☀️Bank Holiday Update☀️ The Art Library will be closed from Saturday 23rd to Monday 25th inclusive. Have a great weekend, and we'll see you on Tuesday!

Happy World Photography Day! You can find our photography collection primarily on the second and third floors, under shelfmarks starting with "TR"

Congratulations to everyone who received their A-Level results today! We can't wait to welcome the new cohort of Art Historians, Archaeologists, Classicists, and book lovers of all academic persuasions! #ALevelResultsDay #GoingToOxford

New week, new book display! #Archaeology #ArtHistory #Classics #Libraries

Having issues with eduroam Wi-Fi? Due to a scheduled change of the eduroam security certificate, users will need to update their settings to connect to the service. Find more information here on how to do this: www.it.ox.ac.uk/article/edur...

Bodleian Book Hospital. 22 August, 11.00–15.00. Bring flapless lift-the-flaps & scribbled on bedtime stories to the Bodleian Book Hospital where our Conservation Team will fix 'well-loved' favourites and show little ones how to care for treasured tomes. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/summer...

🚧Service Update🚧 Due to some technical difficulties, books ordered from offsite this morning will be arriving with Monday's delivery. If you placed an order yesterday, don't worry, it will still arrive today!

Another week spent in the Papyrology rooms @bodartlib.bsky.social and other nearby places. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky

"Around the World in 80 Clays" is our newest table display on the ground floor! It is a celebration of ceramics, both ancient and modern, from across the globe, with contributions from all of the Art Library's collections.

Art ✅ Archaeology ✅ Ancient World ✅ How can we not be excited about an exhibition that combines all of our subject areas?

Highlights of this week's new book display include Yōkai, New York City, and the Urartian Empire!

In case you missed it: youtube.com/shorts/JmRK4.... A 1,800 year old Papyrus written by a Mother-in-Law to her Son-in-Law on the eve of her daughter giving birth. A quick and touching watch!

While the sun is making a rare appearance here in Oxford, it's important to remember to look after yourself by staying hydrated! You can find our water fountain in the lobby to top up your bottles (but please don't take unsealed cups of water into the main library!)

🚧Service Update🚧 SOLO will be unavailable for around 24 hours this weekend starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday 12th July. For more information, click the link below! www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/service-upda...

Her image and art have become ubiquitous beyond the art historical canon. Celebrate Frida Kahlo's birthday this Sunday by reading the variety of books on her art and life in our collection.

Interested in artists' books? Don’t miss this week’s resident bookshop at the Warburg, curated by Collective Books as part of Art & The Book. Find out more: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/art-a... #ArtistsBooks #Bookshop #ArtBooks

Just so you know, our opening hours don't change over the vacation! The Art Library is open 9am-9pm every weekday (10am-6pm on Saturdays, 11am-7pm on Sundays) for you to sit and study, or just read and relax!

If you're looking for an excuse to escape the heatwave... why not pop round and take a look at our new book display?

We heard there's some commotion happening in Glastonbury this weekend... Can only assume everyone's headed on down to the fascinating archaeological site of Glastonbury Lake Village, about which we recently found a series of early 1900s pamphlets in our collection!

Welcome to the plastic-free club! If you aren't doing it already, we send most of our dust jackets to the John Johnson Collection for safekeeping (and to save us from having to fix them all the time!)

While the Romans pumped cold water from aqueducts through the walls of their houses to keep them cool, all that excess moisture isn't great for books. Luckily for us, the Art Library has a nice modern air conditioning system. Pop in and get out of the heatwave this weekend!

The TREASURED programming doesn't stop @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social! You've seen @invisibleeast.bsky.social's contribution to our exhibit; now come learn more about their important work protecting and promoting #manuscript #heritage in #Afghanistan on 1 Jul. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jul25/...

The stars of our new books display this week: The Victorians, Byzantium, and Grayson Perry! #arthistory #archaeology #Classics #libraries

It's that time of year again 😢 We're sad to see you go, but before you leave us, take a look at our leavers' checklist to see if there's anything you still need to do!

Need to know the basics of copyright for your teaching or research? Enjoy our playful training session: Copyright the card game 📅25 June 🕐2-5pm 📍Radcliffe Science Library 🔗https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/wAFiKn2EV #OpenScholarship

The Bodleian Libraries need you! This is your chance to submit your #Zine to form part of our Wellbeing Collection. Whether you're a student, staff member, or part of the wider community: you can help us expand and diversify our collection. For more information: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Ancient perfumes? Lesbian landscapes? Hackney Flashers? Find them all right now on our new books display!

Librarians when they find food in the library... ❌🥣

It's Pride Month, and no self-respecting Classics library should let it pass without a nod to the original Lesbian: Sappho! We've gathered a small selection of our many sources about her life and poetry, and you can check it out on the second floor.

Suetonius. #Classics #Classicsbluesky #AncientBluesky

In honour of the international day of the potato, here's an old display about the art history of eating, drinking, and being merry!

This week's additions to the new books display: sculpture, biography, and Vikings!

In case you put the memories away, it's the Glorious 25th of May this Sunday! While most of the lilac around Oxford has wilted, there is still time to check out our second floor display on the art history of revolutions in honour of Sir Terry Pratchett. 📜

This coming bank holiday the Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library will be open with normal hours. ⏰ Open 9am - 9pm. 📅 26th May Bank Holiday

The wait is over - check out our blog for an in-depth exploration of the artists and themes featured in this display, and a full bibliography!

This Sunday is International Museum Day ! At the Art, Archaeology and Ancient World library readers engage in a variety of ways with museums for their research. Have a look in the Haverfield room (ground floor) and on the second floor to browse past museum journals, catalogues and auction books.

If a resource in the catalogue mentions that it has a corresponding CD or DVD, these can borrowed from the issue desk to use in the library. The Art, Archaeology and Ancient World library also has a DVD player that can be borrowed (USB plug in) for laptops and computers without a disc drive.

As the global news spotlight points at the Vatican in the build-up to the Conclave, we turn our attention to the immense body of art history surrounding and influenced by the Catholic Church. See our second floor display for modern art, architecture, and archaeology in the Vatican!