Bodleian Library

Oxford University Libraries Service (OULS) comprises over 30 of the University of Oxford's central and faculty libraries: from the world-famous Bodleian Library, established 400 years ago, to the modern digital library ventures.

The Library today

Today, the Bodleian includes several off-site storage areas as well as nine other libraries in Oxford:

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• the Bodleian Japanese Library
• the Bodleian Law Library
• the Hooke Library
• the Indian Institute Library
• the Oriental Institute Library
• the Philosophy Library
• the Radcliffe Science Library
• the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House
• the Vere Harmsworth Library

The sites now contain 9 million items on 176 km of shelving, and have seats for 2500 readers.

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Before being able to access the library, new readers must make the following declaration.

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:I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library.

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