For our first #TopTipThursTAY of Michaelmas term 2026, may I direct your attention to our displays for #BlackHistoryMonth, curated by one of our Library Trainees! 📍You'll find the displays next to the Issue Desk on the Ground Floor!

A reminder that our Vacation Loans period will end in 1 week's time! From next Tuesday, 13 October, all loans will go back to being 1 week long 📚 They will auto-renew on your SOLO account, unless they are requested by another reader.

What if the detectives got it wrong? Join us at the Maison Française d’Oxford on 26 October at 5.15pm for a conversation in French with writer and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard, exploring “detective criticism” and the mysteries of literature and cinema. www.ticketsource.com/maison-franc...

A big WELCOME to all new students, and a big WELCOME BACK to all those returning! It's lovely to have a buzz around the library again! Do book yourself onto an induction tour by scanning the top QR code in the attached poster, or by visiting www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/getting-.... See you soon! 😊

We're gearing up for the 2026-2027 academic year! If you are going to be joining us for the first time this October, sign up for a library tour (7th-9th, 12-13th October) We'd love to welcome you and tell you all about what the Taylorian library has to offer! www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/getting-...

Getting started: Undergraduates and taught postgraduates

A guide to using the Bodleian Libraries for undergraduates and taught postgraduates at the University of Oxford.

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This Friday, 2 October, we're delighted to be hosting a Symposium organised by the Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty and the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies: “Constructing Portuguese Identity: Historiography, Literature, and Translation in Anglo-Portuguese Studies”

September might be starting to draw to a close, but there's still time to start a new book for #ReadANewBookMonth! 📖 Unsure what to read? Why not come and explore our collections! We have thousands of books, from novels to academic texts and everything in between! We'd love to know what you pick!

Happy #HobbitDay! Did you know J.R.R Tolkien used the Taylor Institution Library during his time at the university? We're also lucky enough to house some academic books from his personal collection, which are still used by researchers today! Some contain his signature as a mark of ownership!

Thanks to everyone who visited us for Oxford Open Doors on Saturday! We were fully booked for all 11 tour slots throughout the day, and welcomed over 120 visitors to visit the building and view our temporary exhibition on everyday life at the Taylorian through history!

Want to learn a bit more about us? 💡 Then you're in luck! This Saturday 12th September, we're offering hourly introductory talks about the Bodleian Humanities Library as part of Oxford Open Doors. Please see further details below, or follow this link: tinyurl.com/28puhem4 Hopefully see you soon!

Don't be put off by the scaffolding, come and join us on Saturday!

Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian)@tayoxford.bsky.social · last mo.

🚪Oxford Open Doors🗝️ Please join us on Saturday 12th September for our Oxford Open Doors events! While we're not usually open to the public, for one day only we will be running tours of the building for everyone to attend! See our Oxford Open Door page below for more details!

🚪Oxford Open Doors🗝️ Please join us on Saturday 12th September for our Oxford Open Doors events! While we're not usually open to the public, for one day only we will be running tours of the building for everyone to attend! See our Oxford Open Door page below for more details!

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🎡St Giles' Fair Closure 🎡 A reminder that we will be closed on Monday 7th September and Tuesday 8th September, for St Giles' Fair. We hope you enjoy the festivities while we're away! 🎉 Please also enjoy this (pre-scaffolding) photo of the Taylor from last year's fair!

❗Upcoming Library Closure days (2 of 2)❗ ...and, one week later, we will be closed on Monday 7th AND Tuesday 8th September for St Giles' Fair 🎡 The library will be open as usual from 9am on Wednesday 9th September!

❗Upcoming Library Closure days (1 of 2)❗ We will be closed on Saturday 29rd AND Monday 31st August for the bank holiday. The library will be open as usual from 9am on Tuesday 1st September! Enjoy the long weekend, rain or shine! 🌦️

For today's #TopTipThursTAY we're asking: Are you interested in learning a modern language? 🗣️ If so, why not check out the Oxford University Language Centre? They offer taught courses in 14 modern languages, including academic English, throughout the academic year!

Home

The language hub for all Oxford students and staff: taught courses in modern foreign languages and academic English; language learning resources and library.

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🖨️ Scan and Deliver Update! 💻 Did you know, we've increased the copyright limits for our Scan and Deliver service! You can now request up to 10% of a book (or one chapter, whichever's larger)! Please note that our limit of 100 pages (50 openings) does still apply. See below for more details:

Scan and Deliver

The Bodleian Libraries electronic document delivery service.

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Just to add that the Taylorian is still very much open and fully functioning! Not sure how we missed the outage...

Bodleian Libraries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 2mo ago

Due to a power outage in central Oxford, the Old Bodleian Library, Weston Library and Radcliffe Camera are closed for the rest of the day (Friday 14 August). They are expected to be open as usual on Saturday 15 August.

Just a reminder that the Taylorian has some lovely cool spaces to study in during the latest heatwave! The ground level and basement reading rooms are especially good. The common room also maintains a comfortable temperature.

Captivating reads in this Trinity Term's edition of the Oxford Polyglot, the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages triannual newsletter: www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyg...

This week for #TopTipThursTAY, we're explaining what to do if you're looking for an item in the Taylorian with a shelfmark like the one in this SOLO record: "Main Library - 53.B.15"

This week marks 81 years since the atomic attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These events shaped the subsequent philosophy of Günther Anders (1902-1992), whose work features in the Taylorian’s collections.

You may be wondering what a 'Taylor Edition' is 🤔 Here at the Taylorian, we publish print-on-demand publications such as exhibition catalogues, translations and facsimiles of out-of-copyright texts. editions.mml.ox.ac.uk/publications/

Our friend the Maison Française Library @mfoxford.bsky.social turned 80 this year! 🎉 Go visit this wonderful French language library this summer, and take a peek at their exhibitions. You don't have to be a University of Oxford student to join - membership is open to all! www.mfo.ac.uk

A friendly reminder, as we're due some heat tomorrow! 👇☀️😎

Bodleian Humanities Library@bodhumslib.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Did you know that we're a designated cool space?😎 With some Bodleian libraries closing or reducing their hours due to the extreme heat, the Humanities Library remains open as usual. Feel free to pop in and chill out...😏 More✨cool spaces✨can also be found here: tinyurl.com/4z9vrae5!

We have a rich bounty of modern European languages material on our free books table at the moment!🍇🍈🍎🥥 Go to the landing outside the first floor Teaching Collections to grab some!

What is this, nestled behind the bookshelves of our First Floor Teaching Collection? 🤔 It's only our brand new STUDY NOOK, which we proudly present to you this #TopTipThursTAY! It's the perfect cosy corner for anyone looking for a quiet, comfortable spot in which to read and work in solitude 🐿️

Today and tomorrow, we are excited to host Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages International Conference for E.T.A. Hoffmann's 250th birthday! www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

Have you visited the "Wonder of Birds" exhibition at the Weston Library? visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder... A powerful symbol across many cultures, birds are a popular subject for cover illustrations, like this book of Breton poetry that arrived in the Taylorian's new acquisitions this week

Happy Bastille Day! Here’s a snippet from the 1897 Michele Lévy Frères edition of Alexandre Dumas’s novel, "Ange Pitou" (published later in English with the alternative title “Taking the Bastille”). This Taylor Special Collections Item can be ordered up to our Library by requesting it on SOLO!