Contact and support at the Humanities Library

All our library staff are available to assist you. 

We will try to support queries before the new library opens in September 2025, but we may take longer to respond as we prepare to move to our new library.

Library staff 

Head of Humanities Libraries 
James Legg 
james.legg@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Librarian of the Humanities Library
Hilla Wait 
hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Subject librarians 

English  
Helen Scott 
helen.scott@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Film Studies 
Sarah Currant 
sarah.currant@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

History of Medicine 
Isabel Holowaty 
Isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Internet Studies 
Andy Kernot 
andrew.kernot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Music  
Martin Holmes 
martin.holmes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk   

Philosophy  
Hilla Wait 
hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Theology  
Hilla Wait 
hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Reader Services 

Deputy Librarian
Helen Scott 
helen.scott@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Librarian in Charge  
Jocelyn English 
jocelyn.english@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Deputy Librarian in Charge and Deputy Music Librarian
Tom Halvarsson 
tom.halvarsson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Reader Services Supervisor 
Daniel Drury 
daniel.drury@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Senior Library Assistant (Administration) 
Katie Day 
katie.day@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Senior Library Assistant (Music) 
Rachael Seculer-Faber 
rachael.seculer-faber@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Senior Library Assistant (Reader Services) 
Sophie Lay 
sophie.lay@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  

Library Assistants
Francesca Allen 
Tara Al-Salihi 
Tigger Burton