Our first proof copy of 'Ingeborg Bachmann: Fragmented' has arrived, and it's looking great! 🎉 We'll be adding this book to our collections in time for the book's official launch in Michaelmas Term- so keep an eye out for it on SOLO! We'll also post more about the launch closer to the time!

👋University of Oxford Open Days 🔊 On Wednesday and Thursday (1st and 2nd July), we will be taking tour groups of prospective students around the library as part of the University open days. We apologies in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause.

Looking great since 1845 (if we do say so ourselves) 🏛️

Today would've been Ingeborg Bachmann's 100th birthday - the best day to release a ‘Taylor Edition’ of her work! Bachmann was one of the most celebrated German-language writers, and this is the first translation of fragments from her 'Todesarten' texts into English: users.ox.ac.uk/~fmml2152/pu...

Want to present your research in a new way? How about an exhibition at the Taylorian!🖼️📖 We regularly have exhibitions connected to European languages and our collections. Students and academics are all welcome to curate their own exhibition (yes, you!)

It is very hot today! We are still open with our blinds shut to keep out the heat 🕶️ Please don't open any windows or blinds, it's hotter outside than inside and we would like to keep it that way!

Looking for a cool library space? If you are looking for a cool library space during the hot weather, here are some tips of where you can go. You can get local information about cooler spaces at any of our libraries from staff when you arrive. https://bit.ly/4g2NKfR

The Voltaire Room is nice and cool at the moment, if you're looking to get out of the heat ❄️ We don't allow any food & drink (including water) to be consumed in the room, but you can drink it in the vestibule (and keep Voltaire company!) 🧓

The Gallery and Graduate Study Room are closed today for maintenance reasons⚠️ If you need a book from this area, please ask at the Enquiries Desk and we will fetch it for you (this may take a little time so please be patient!).

Bringing this one back again as it's set to hit over 35 degrees this week! Stay cool 🧊🌡️

We've come to the end of Trinity term! 🎉 Well done to all our students for making it through exam season. We hope you enjoy a well-deserved break🛌 Before you leave this summer, don't forget to return any non-vacation loan books (and please don't take them with you on your year abroad)!

Next week the Digital Approaches and Methodologies Network are holding a graduate hackathon - places are still available for the 24th June. Find out more and register here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...

Next week we are delighted to host another networking event specifically for our DPhil community. Crafty Connections gives you an opportunity to share a relaxing evening of crafting and refreshments as you meet and chat with your colleagues go.glam.ox.ac.uk/ccon

☀️ Summer Vacation Loans ☀️ All Taylorian Teaching Collection items (and some Bodleian Offsite Storage items) that are borrowed or renewed after the 15th June, will now be due on the 13th October. All books that are not eligible for a Vacation Loan should be returned by their due dates.

Happy pride month to all our readers! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Have a browse of our pride book display by the Issue Desk, and maybe pick something up to read over the vacation 🌞

June 16th is Bloomsday, commemorating the single day where the events of James Joyce's Ulysses take place. To celebrate, here are a couple of pages from our copy of a special edition beautifully illustrated by Eduardo Arroyo. See it on SOLO: solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

Finishing at Oxford? There are a few library tasks to remember: https://bit.ly/4vKzIUR @oxunistudents.bsky.social

Our new exhibition, Indigenist Fictions, opens today! It explores how 'avant-garde groups in the Americas portrayed Indigenous cultures through a wide range of printed materials... Each piece offers a distinct interpretation of what "the Indigenous" meant in a modernising context' Don't miss it!

a topical #TopTipThursTAY for this rainy day: what to do with a wet book! While we hope everyone is careful with Bodleian library books, sometimes unexpected circumstances arise. If a book gets wet, there are a few simple steps you can take to reduce the damage!

🚧 Closure Update 🚧 Unfortunately, the Periodicals & Reference room remains closed due to the aforementioned leak. The Slavonic Reading Room is also inaccessible until further notice. Ask a member of staff if you need materials from either room. We can't fetch them but we will do our best to help!

🚧 Periodicals & Reference Reading Room Closed! ❌ Due to a leak during yesterday's rain storms, the Periodicals & Reference Reading Room will be closed today, and until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause! Please do ask at our Enquiry Desk if you have any queries!

Oops, it looks like our images didn't attach to yesterday's #TopTipThursTAY! Here are our two New Book Displays:

📚 New books displays 📚 Have you ever had to look for a book that’s marked as ‘On Display’ on SOLO? This #TopTipThursTAY will help you find these books, which are on our New Books displays! Our New Books displays feature every new book we receive, and are updated every two weeks!

Join us on Teams 💻 for some amazing online talks based on 'Indigenist fictions: Indigenismo and print culture in the Americas' 16th June at 5pm: 'Framing Indigeneity: Indigenismo across art and print culture' 17th June at 5pm: 'Indigenismo in the archive: Catalogues, collections and digital tools'

Happy #PrideMonth2026 from all of us here at the Taylorian! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We have a large selection of books written about and by the LGBTQ+ community in both our Modern Languages and Women's studies collections, and would encourage you all to come and enjoy them! Here's a small selection of our collection:

Tomorrow, 30 May, will be the 248th anniversary of the death of François-Marie Arouet, known to us as Voltaire. Our Voltaire Room is not ONLY where we hold our special collections exhibitions (FREE to all Bod Card Holders), but also a lovely study space!

#TopTipThursTAY Thank you for bearing with us while we reclassify our French and German Teaching Collection books with the Library of Congress Classification scheme! If you're having trouble finding a book, please just come and ask us at one of the desks 😊

All items are on display in the Voltaire Room until June 5th, alongside some of the Livres d'Artiste special collections items that inspired them. If you're feeling creative, draw your own beastie or write a poem for our poem box!

Reminder for our readers - take plenty of breaks in this heat! 😎 You can fill your water bottle in the common room near the Issue Desk 💧 You can open windows and close blinds (as long as they don't have a sign saying otherwise) 🪟 The basement is much colder! ❄️

Last month, 11 local poets and artists made collaborative art in response to our special collections. Come see what they made in response to our Livres d'Artiste, and @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Artist's Books about Myths and Beasts 🐉🐺🐟 'Myths, Beasts, Artist's Books' 📍Voltaire Room 📅25th May - 5th June

#TopTipThursTAY Did you know we give away free modern languages books in the landing just outside the first floor Teaching Collection and main hall balcony? Yes, free books!!!!! 📚 You're welcome to help yourself to any of the books here, and we add new ones frequently!

If you don't feel like going all the way to the Radcliffe Camera, you can enjoy alpacas from inside the Taylor in "A memoir addressed to proprietors of mountain and other waste lands, and agriculturists of the United Kingdom, on the natualization of the alpaca"

Need a break from exam preparation? Or just want some quality time with a fluffy animal? If you head to the Radcliffe Camera tomorrow afternoon you may see a small herd of alpacas! Show your university, college or Bod card for access. 🗓️ Wednesday 20 May 🕘 13:00–16:00 📍Radcliffe Camera lawn 🦙🦙🦙

#TopTipThursTAY Need to practise a presentation, work on a group project, or just ensure you and your friends have a place to sit together? Our Graduate Study Room is available for booking 9am-1pm on weekdays. Booking is open to all our readers- not just graduate students!

In the library known as the ‘Tay’ It’s challenging finding your way. Confusing locations And classifications Can easily lead you astray... Happy #NationalLimerickDay!

Last chance to book! Join Bodley's Librarian Richard Ovenden as he talks about knowledge, power and why libraries still matter - now more than ever. 🗓️ 14 May, 5.30-7.30pm 📍 Weston Library Book now: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/fob-annual-lecture

Today's #TopTipThursTAY is about our Reserve Shelf! 📚 Located in the Main Reading Room, between the doors to the Enquiry Desk and main staircase, these shelves can be used to store books you want to use in the library over multiple days, and don't want to (or can't) borrow and take out the library

Are you a student interested in visual culture and 20th century Livres d’Artiste? 🎨 We're holding a show and tell session of our Strachan collection archive of Livres d'Artiste for you! 📍 Taylor Institution Library 📆 15th May ⏰ 2-3pm (with tea and coffee until 3:30pm) 💰 Free

📚 New exhibition 🎉 We are delighted to currently be hosting the exhibition: 'From shame to fame: Celestina's visual culture in Oxford Libraries' 📍Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution Library 📆 27th April - 16th May

Portuguese Sub-Faculty Graduate Conference 2026 📆 Tuesday 5th May ⏰ 2-4pm 📍 Theberge Room, St Peter's College Please come and support four current postgraduate students, who will be presenting extract's from their research! All welcome!

ℹ️ Early May Bank Holiday: all our libraries are open and service as normal except the Bodleian Healthcare Libraries. The Weston Library will close at 5pm. Check your local library website for details: https://bit.ly/4wmHllw

Need to use the library this Bank Holiday? You can! 🥳 We're open normal hours today, 9am-7pm! We look forward to seeing you all!

Happy May Morning to all! We're open normal hours today and the bank holiday this coming Monday for all your library needs 🌞

#TopTipsThursTAY If you have a disability, there are lots of Bodleian services to support you in your studies! Today we're highlighting the SensusAccess software, which can convert files into alternative and accessible formats 💻 More info here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/dis...

Coming up! Voltaire Foundation Workshop on Digital Enlightenment Studies 📍Maison Française d'Oxford 📅Th 30/4, 2pm-5:30pm; Fr 1/5, 9:30am-4:40pm This two-day event explores the intersection of 18th-century scholarship and computational methods. Programme here: www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/voltai...

Curious about what our Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages staff have been researching? 🤔📚 You can browse their books on the faculty website here: www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/books #TopTipsThursTAY

Lots of new linguistics books on display, ready for Trinity term! 🗣️📚

Heads up! It's nearly Trinity, which means it's time to polish off your last chapters before the bustle of term! Vac loans are due back on Tuesday 28th April. If you'd like to keep them, don't worry; as long as no one has requested them, they'll continue to renew until they hit 112 days. 🌷🪻

📢 Kafka events this term! ⏰ 8 May, 5.30pm - Kafka’s Dreams: A Fragile Legacy (Isolde Schiffermüller) 📍 Taylorian, Oxford or online ⏰4 June, 4pm - The Silent Songs of Josefine (Can Bilir) 🎼 📍 Holywell Music Room, Oxford Book your free place now: tinyurl.com/497z58aj #franzkafka

New term, new books! Our Research Collection new books display has been updated 🥳 Head to the Enquiries desk to have a browse 📖