Bodleian Libraries

The School Library Association will celebrate 90 years in 2027, and we recently revealed our #anniversary campaign plans at an event at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Find out more about what's in store next year: bit.ly/4zNEMd4 #SchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrarians #CelebratingSchoolLibraries #90years

The Bod and the Students Union are hosting a Graduate Welcome Event for our DPhil Students. Meet library staff, make friends, print your own souvenir drinks mat, race on smoothie bikes, and see special collection treasures! Book here https://ox-ac.libcal.com/calendar/rsl-wellbeing/DPhilEvent

Jazz Hands!

C3PO is that you?

Pretty lively, for a corpse.

Getting started in Oxford libraries, REF open access policy briefing, Copyright for teaching & more. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place in 3rd week and book your place. tinyurl.com/3yc5nfcs

November is the month when Martinmas occurs, a time when livestock was slaughtered for winter provision. #medievalcalendar Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 939; Astrological and ecclesiastical calendar in six pieces; 14th century; England; section 2ar @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Happy Medieval Monday-ween! If you haven't chosen a Halloween costume why not visit Digital Bodleian for some inspiration. These images are all taken from MS Douce 134: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/171e2f9a-37fa-4d0b-ac70-9cab486f7ace/surfaces/8fbb7f90-658f-4f91-afc0-b8b8e6393f41/.

Green Libraries Week is a great opportunity to highlight some of our sustainability measures! For example the cups and plates we use at our wellbeing events are reusable. We pop them in our dishwasher on an Eco cycle and we're good to go. We saved over 200 paper cups and plates in the last year.

Sir Greg Doran spoke @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk about his quest to track down every surviving copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio & how many plays were almost lost forever. In an ephemeral digital age, there is something deeply reassuring about institutions committed to stability & knowledge.

In the strange and wonderful world of symbolism on maps one of the strangest concepts has to be the all seeing eye of God. A floating and detached eye with rays of light radiating out the eye symbolizes God's omnipotence, as see on this map of Bavaria, circa 1700. #maps @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Join sound artist, composer & nature beatboxer Jason Singh for an exploration of the soundscapes created for Wonder of Birds at 12pm today. Discover how a fascination with birdsong, habitats and the interconnection of birds, plants and place shaped the work: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/o...

... For for more information on Green Libraries Week – including an online talk today on navigating mis - and disinformation in libraries: https://www.cilip.org.uk/advocacy/research-and-development/green-libraries-campaign/green-libraries-week/#content-anchor. 2/2

It’s Green Libraries week! The Bodleian is many things to many people; a world-leading University library, an exhibition centre, even a wedding venue! But across all our services we strive to ensure we protect our planet as well as we protect our books... (1/2) Photo: Brianna Cornock.

Are you a new social sciences undergraduate? Did you miss your @bodleian.ox.ac.uk library welcome webinar? Would you like to come on a welcome tour of the Social Science Library? If so, find out more at: tinyurl.com/yc7u3cnz

Green Libraries Week starts tomorrow and the theme this year is 'Climate Facts for a greener future: Navigating mis - and disinformation in libraries'. There is a free webinar on the topic which is open to all at 12.30 Wednesday 21. Book here: www.cilip.org.uk/advocacy/res...

Another @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog by @stuartackland.bsky.social looks at images of liberty caps with spears on decorative cartouches. Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ with examples from #Rome, #England & #Wales, #France and #Bavaria taking us from Julius Caesar to Louis VXI.

How to become the UK’s best-selling author? Julia Donaldson’s secret weapon is the humble notebook. Here, the Bodleian sits down with the author of beloved children’s classics including The Gruffalo as part of our Behind The Desk series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDd4KlQotk.

Monsters Inc and Beetlejuice, now showing at the Divinity School! Click here for more information and booking: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/oct/halloween-film-screenings.

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We read old manuscripts together and it’s fun! Open to all, no experience necessary. @hagenilda.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hpscambridge.bsky.social @camdiglib.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

#BodleianReaders: Looking for a little calm this Michaelmas term? The @radcliffescilib.bsky.social is offering free wellbeing activities including: 🍵 free hot drinks 👷 LEGO Lunches 🎲 board games 🐕 therapy dogs Find out more: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/2026/09/30/mt-wellbeing/

New to Oxford? Take a look at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Subject & Research Guides libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/subjects to find expert advice on resources for your Subject Area. Further tips for new starters can be found at tinyurl.com/yta956kf

October is the time to make wine - and work on your scorpion drawings. 📖 A man treads grapes. Scorpio. Calendar from a Psalter. 13th century https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/5b5a488d-cf31-4bab-a347-b5ae26c01f12/surfaces/e74dfc2a-daa3-4488-8577-eb79a39ff02e/

Wonderful to see so many #Postdocs at our Networking Lunch yesterday! Thanks to our speakers from across @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and to our attendees. Everyone was very positive & we heard it was useful to several new starters. I'm afraid we can't have pizza every week but we're always here to help.

Last chance for submissions to #OxFOS 2027! Propose a talk, panel or workshop for this free, University-wide conference (8–11 March 2027) exploring how research can be more open, transparent and accessible. Submit by 14 October 2026. Details at https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/open-research/oxfos

🪶 Join us in person or online, on Friday 16 October for a talk about the true story of a group of British prisoners of war in 1940s Germany who overcome hardship through their shared love of birds. £5, booking required at https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/oct/birds-in-a-cage

There's a cool display by the Boldiean Bibliographical Press at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston shop. Treated myself to the RESISTANCE IS FERTILE figgy print to add to Taped-up Corner.

As autumn set in, the comfortably-off 1920’s family could happily bid farewell to their summer pursuits – angling, punting, golf, camping – knowing that their pianola awaits in their living room. A 4-page leaflet from the John Johnson Collection. 👉https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/jjcoll/2022/11/

This is the last week of the wonderful @bodleian.ox.ac.uk exhibit : Pets & their People Our favourite part is the historical pictures of people with their pets are heart-warming. Check it out before it's gone in the Weston Library, Broad Street.

Shh... 🤫 On Thurs 15 October, join us in person or online, as Prof Kate McLoughlin (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford) reads from her new poetry anthology Silence Please: A Poem for Every Kind of Quiet. https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/oct/kate-mcloughlin