History Faculty Library

Contact

Address:	History Faculty Library Old Indian Institute Building 34 Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BD
Phone:	01865 277262
E-mail:	library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Website:	http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history

Social Networks

Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/HFLOxford
Twitter:	@HFLOxford
Blog:	http://historyatox.wordpress.com/
LibraryThing:	http://www.librarything.com/home/HistoryattheBodleian
Delicious:	HFLOxford

Library Staff

History Librarian:	Miss I. Holowaty
Librarian in Charge:	Ms V. Lawrence
Senior Library Assistant (Reader Services):	Mr S. Day
Senior Library Assistant (Information Skills):	Alice Nelson
Library Assistant (Acquisitions):	Mr A. Awolu
Library Assistant:	Miss B. Jenkins
Library Assistant: :	Mr I. Kovalev
Library Assistant (Graduate Library Trainee):	Natalie O'Keefe

Opening Hours

Note that opening hours may sometimes change at short notice. If travelling to visit a library you are advised to check with the library to confirm details.

Term time:	Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00 (0-9 weeks); Sat 10.00-13.00 (0-9 weeks)
Vacation:	Mon-Fri 9.00-17.30
Closed:	Friday 6th April - Monday 9th April 2012; Saturday 11th August - Monday 27th August 2012
Notes:	Details of closed periods are advertised in the Library, on its website, and in the Gazette

Admission and Borrowing Policies

Note that by necessity these policies are much simplified and provided for initial guidance only. Please check with the library for full details.

OU undergraduate students:	Admissions: all. Borrowing: all In Term: 10 items for 7 days; Christmas and Easter Vacation: 20 items for the duration; Long Vacation: 30 items for the duration.
OU postgraduate students:	Admissions: all. Borrowing: all Standard Loan (Master’s students and graduates of other faculties): In Term: 10 items for 7 days; Christmas and Easter Vacation: 20 items for the duration; Long Vacation: 30 items for the duration. Research Loan (including confirmed D.Phil. History students): In Term: 10 items for 28 days (subject to recall after 1 week if reserved by another reader); Christmas and Easter Vacation: 20 items for the duration; Long Vacation: 30 items for the duration.
OU academic and research staff:	Admissions: all. Borrowing: all All senior members and University staff of the University of Oxford have access rights to the Library, and may borrow for the purposes of research and study.
Others:	Admissions: some. Borrowing: some Limited access is provided for visiting students and academics with demonstrable affiliation/recognition, which does not always including borrowing facilities.

The collections constitute Medieval and Modern History, and they comprise predominantly British and European History from the Late Roman period onwards, History of the Byzantine Empire, History of Russia and the former Soviet Union, History of India, and History of Australia and New Zealand, and growing coverage of the History of North and South America and the West Indies, and Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Historiography, the History of Science, the History of Art, and Palaeography.

This library is indexed under: African Studies; Byzantine Studies; Celtic Studies; Economic and Social History; History; History of Art; History of Science; Jewish Studies; Latin American Studies; Slavonic and East European Studies; Women's Studies.