Library Regulations

In order to protect the books and encourage a pleasant working environment:

  • Books should not be lent to other readers but returned to the library as soon as you have finished with them.
  • This is a no smoking building.
  • Readers must not eat upstairs, i.e. in the library, library lobby or Lecture Room. Only bottled water may be used in these areas.
  • All mobile phones and pagers should be silenced before entering the library. Please do not use your phone at all in the library.
  • The library and library lobby are quiet areas; readers should not disturb people working in the library.
  • Breaches of library rules may incur suspension from the use of the library. Serious cases will be reported to the relevant college and the University Proctors.
  • Readers will be charged replacement costs for lost, damaged or defaced books.

For further details, see Regulations Relating to the Use of the Facilities of the Bodleian Libraries.