You may have noticed the flock of shrieking birds near the library. It may not shock you to learn that it is a scream of swifts nesting in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social museum's specially built nest boxes. Find out about this year's fledglings on the swift diary! 🔗 oumnh.ox.ac.uk/swifts-diary...

Reconnect with nature at the Harcourt Arboretum with fellow #DPhils. The guided tour will take in different habitats. Make your own way to the Arboretum or travel with the Radcliffe Science Library team. Book your place! 🗓️ Wednesday 26 August 🕛️ 11-12 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/DPhil_Arbore...

#OnThisDay in 1872, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald was born. A pioneering physiologist, her high-altitude research changed our understanding of breathing. She didn't receive her Oxford degree until 1972 despite finishing her studies in 1899! View her portrait in the library 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/9bJEjBejn

🚨 Don't miss your chance to see In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World, this major exhibition closes on 16 August. ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times Plan your visit and book your tickets: www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...

Looking for somewhere peaceful to escape the city? Harcourt Arboretum is one of the University of Oxford's hidden gems, with woodland walks, wildflower meadows and some of the oldest redwoods in the UK. Uni staff & students can enter for free! Plan your visit: www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-arbore...

When looking up at tonight's full moon 🌕️ you might start to wonder about a lot of things.🤔 If some of them are who has travelled to the moon and how did they get there? 🚀 Then we have the books for you! Browse our June book display in person or online! 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay

It's the last Lego Lunch of the season! Pop into our Wellbeing Room for to build something that reflects you! Let your imagination take flight. 🕐 1-2pm #Wellbeing

The Improvement Works are continuing this week. The Old Road Campus Library will be closed from Mon 27 Jul - Wed 5 Aug inclusive. Your nearest Library will be at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. @oncology.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @kiroxford.bsky.social

A reminder of our Resource of the Month: SPIE Digital Library This excellent resource for #Researchers includes journals, ebooks and conference proceeding covers a range of optics and photonics topics including: astronomy, lasers, sensing & imaging, and more. 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/spie

Next stop in our Oxford highlights: the History of Science Museum 📚🔬 Step into a museum that's home to 20,000 incredible scientific objects, from Einstein's Blackboard to centuries-old astrolabes. Admission is free, so it's the perfect place to take a study or work break. ✨ #TakeABreak

Is the day DRAGON? Looking to upSCALE your day? Pop in to Lego Lunch for a quick building break! 🕛️ 1-2 📍 Wellbeing Room, RSL #Wellbeing

The sights of Oxford are not just for tourists. When was the last time you were in the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social? With so much to see from amazing archaeological finds to art through the ages. 🪙 📜 🎨 🖼️ There's a lot to see for FREE! It's a great way to #TakeABreak

Fundamentals of open access 🗓️ Thursday 23 July 🕘 10.00-11.30 💻 Online 🔗 buff.ly/3ssPGvR Understand what open access really means - decode the jargon and explore how publishing open can benefit your research. Remember to book your place. #OpenAccess

Sharing lunch with a friend or sharing it with some Lego? Why not both?! Lego Lunch will keep rolling 1-2pm on Wednesday until the end of July in our cool Wellbeing Room. #Wellbeing

While the hot weather continues we're doing our best to make the library comfortable. We've made more spaces available on our cooler floors (ground & lower-ground) and have fans you can borrow in the library. Find which of the Bodleian Libraries have cool spaces on our website buff.ly/3DaMPOF

Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk

The summer is a great opportunity to take breaks and explore Oxford. Have you been to the Oxford Botanic Gardens yet? Free to staff and students from the University of Oxford. Discover over 5,000 species of plants from gardens to green houses. www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-garden

Our summer book display is themed "Fly me to the moon" 🚀 🌔 and highlights titles from our collections on space travel, rocket science and the Moon itself. Browse the display in our refreshingly cool lower ground floor, or check our online reading list. 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay

Today mark the birthday of Oliver Sacks, a physician , a best selling author and a professor. His works were adapted into plays, operas and feature films. He was both a scientist and a storyteller. Find his portrait in the RSL and read more on our blog go.glam.ox.ac.uk/8ZQdh-3k4

Today's our last Craft & Chat of the academic year. Bring your current project or try our some materials in our Wellbeing Room, 1-2pm Come along for the three C's a cuppa, a chat and some crafting

Have you heard about SPIE? And we don't mean James Bond. Explore SPIE Digital Library, a leading resource for optics & photonics research. With resources on photonics-driven advancements in areas from biomedicine to security. Great for @oxfordphysics.bsky.social researchers 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/spie

We have created a blog to summarise many of the different RSL and Bodleian Libraries resources and services readers can continue to access remotely over the summer. We hope that this will help you access the things that you need go.glam.ox.ac.uk/hols

The accessible lift in the RSL is out of order. Access to the lower ground floor can be arranged by talking to staff. Our small lift can be used to access the second floor. We are fixing it as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience.

A reminder that any books borrowed now are Vacation loans and will not need to be renewed or returned until the Michaelmas term gets underway

Readers departing oxford later on this summer are still able to borrow books. Rather than the usual Vacation loan returns, due dates will be set in line with the expiry of Bodleian reader cards

It's Alice's Day this Saturday 4 July! Try out a range of activities at the Weston Library All are welcome to drop in for free, from cabbages to Kings, visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/alices-day

Just because it's summer doesn't mean that there's no Lego Lunch, it's #Wellbeing Wednesday after all. Plan a break from the books to relax with the bricks. From 1pm in the Wellbeing Room

It's the start of July and that means Open Days (01&02 July) While you wander around Oxford, exploring the beautiful colleges and enlightening departments, remember to check out the wonderful @bodleian.ox.ac.uk libraries RSL Tours at 🕐️ 10, 12, 2, 4 Find out more about open days buff.ly/j4ddk5k

The second part of the iSkills Open Access double header - the Logistics of Open Access - is coming soon. We recommend attending the Fundamentals of Open Access module prior to this session. 🗓️ 7 Jul 🕐️ 14.30-16.00 📍 Online 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/LoOS #OpenAccess

We continue to run our popular #Wellbeing Craft & Chat sessions throughout the summer. Taking place the first Tuesday of each month from 1pm in the Wellbeing Room, you can sign up for July's date now go.glam.ox.ac.uk/CCtt