The Bodleian Libraries is a group of 23 libraries that serve the University of Oxford, open to staff, students and other readers.

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Libraries in the Bodleian Libraries group include the principal University library – the Bodleian Library – which has been a library of legal deposit for 400 years; as well as 22 other libraries …

Part of the larger Bodleian Library complex, it is connected to the Radcliffe Camera by the underground Gladstone Link. It has three historic reading rooms: the Lower Reading Room, …

The Bodleian Library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library. Together, the Bodleian Libraries hold over 13 million printed items.

Explore the Bodleian Libraries’ historic spaces on a guided library tour, then unwind in the modern atrium of the Weston Library with a selection of savoury and sweet treats, tea, coffee, or …

History of the Bodleian Discover more about one of the oldest libraries in Europe

The original library founded by Sir Thomas Bodley was part of this complex. By 1859 the entire Schools Quadrangle had become part of the Bodleian Library complex.

Discover over a million images of rare books, manuscripts, and other treasures from the Bodleian Libraries and Oxford college libraries.