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All things Classics, Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archaeology, and History of Art & Architecture. Part of the Bodleian Libraries.
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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-...
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-...
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🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
🎃We're all done up for Halloween!🎃
But please don't be fooled by our spooky decor - the library assistants at the issue desk aren't scary, and we're always happy to help!
But please don't be fooled by our spooky decor - the library assistants at the issue desk aren't scary, and we're always happy to help!
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎃We're all done up for Halloween!🎃
But please don't be fooled by our spooky decor - the library assistants at the issue desk aren't scary, and we're always happy to help!
But please don't be fooled by our spooky decor - the library assistants at the issue desk aren't scary, and we're always happy to help!
We at the Art Library approve this message! (and you're welcome for the bug PNGs)
This #TopTipsThursTAY, let's answer the question: can I eat/drink this in here? 🥪🍎
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We at the Art Library approve this message! (and you're welcome for the bug PNGs)
They've been away for a few years, but our New Journals displays are finally back!
You can find them on the first and second floors, containing the newest issues of our most popular periodicals 📚
You can find them on the first and second floors, containing the newest issues of our most popular periodicals 📚
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
They've been away for a few years, but our New Journals displays are finally back!
You can find them on the first and second floors, containing the newest issues of our most popular periodicals 📚
You can find them on the first and second floors, containing the newest issues of our most popular periodicals 📚
We've listened to your feedback!
The Art Library can get pretty chilly in winter, so we've put some blankets by the entrance for you to take to your study space of choice.
Please return it when you leave, and let us know what you think in the comments, or our suggestions box!
The Art Library can get pretty chilly in winter, so we've put some blankets by the entrance for you to take to your study space of choice.
Please return it when you leave, and let us know what you think in the comments, or our suggestions box!
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We've listened to your feedback!
The Art Library can get pretty chilly in winter, so we've put some blankets by the entrance for you to take to your study space of choice.
Please return it when you leave, and let us know what you think in the comments, or our suggestions box!
The Art Library can get pretty chilly in winter, so we've put some blankets by the entrance for you to take to your study space of choice.
Please return it when you leave, and let us know what you think in the comments, or our suggestions box!
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The freshers really do keep getting younger every year! We don't usually allow dogs, but he looks like a diligent student so we can make an exception 🥺
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The freshers really do keep getting younger every year! We don't usually allow dogs, but he looks like a diligent student so we can make an exception 🥺
Today is your last day to take an induction tour in Michaelmas term!
You can book on via our website, or just drop in - tours start in the lobby at 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00.
You can book on via our website, or just drop in - tours start in the lobby at 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00.
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today is your last day to take an induction tour in Michaelmas term!
You can book on via our website, or just drop in - tours start in the lobby at 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00.
You can book on via our website, or just drop in - tours start in the lobby at 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00.
This Black History Month we're celebrating black culture from across our collections!
Check out our new display: "Standing in Power and Pride" on the ground floor!
Check out our new display: "Standing in Power and Pride" on the ground floor!
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This Black History Month we're celebrating black culture from across our collections!
Check out our new display: "Standing in Power and Pride" on the ground floor!
Check out our new display: "Standing in Power and Pride" on the ground floor!
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!
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!
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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!
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!
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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.
Banned Books Week UK - Index on Censorship
Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025. It’s a week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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-...
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-...
October 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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-...
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!
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!
October 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📣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!
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...
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...
The Bodleian Libraries Induction Webinars | New College
www.new.ox.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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...
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...
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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.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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.
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.
"Decks and Wrecks: a Voyage through Maritime Art and Archaeology" is now available for you to peruse on the ground floor.
September 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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.
"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
#GoingToOxford
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was great to see so many of you at our open day today!
#GoingToOxford
#GoingToOxford
From coinage to colours: here is this week's new book display!
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
From coinage to colours: here is this week's new book display!
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📢 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 frankie.wilson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk to take part.
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 frankie.wilson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk to take part.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 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 frankie.wilson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk to take part.
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 frankie.wilson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk to take part.
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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?
We know a lot of hard work is going into this book move, so why not follow along?
August 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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?
We know a lot of hard work is going into this book move, so why not follow along?
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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.
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.
August 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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.
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!
The Art Library will be closed from Saturday 23rd to Monday 25th inclusive.
Have a great weekend, and we'll see you on Tuesday!
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
☀️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!
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"
You can find our photography collection primarily on the second and third floors, under shelfmarks starting with "TR"
August 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy World Photography Day!
You can find our photography collection primarily on the second and third floors, under shelfmarks starting with "TR"
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
We can't wait to welcome the new cohort of Art Historians, Archaeologists, Classicists, and book lovers of all academic persuasions!
#ALevelResultsDay #GoingToOxford
August 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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
We can't wait to welcome the new cohort of Art Historians, Archaeologists, Classicists, and book lovers of all academic persuasions!
#ALevelResultsDay #GoingToOxford
August 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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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...
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...
Update your eduroam settings
3 July 2025 (news): On 5 August 2025, the security certificate for connecting to eduroam Wi-Fi will be retired and a new certificate will take effect. All eduroam users must take action to keep using ...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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...
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...