The Library of University College Oxford.
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Jun 10
At yesterday's exhibition we displayed Les ลuures d'Ambroise Parรฉ (1652). Parรฉ was a surgeon who pioneered the use of ligatures during amputations. We were not expecting to find dragons....๐ฒ
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Jun 9
Thank you to everyone who came along to our latest Rarities Revealed! We were pleased to show you some of Univ's treasures, including Kepler's 'Somnium', published posthumously. This edition is from 1634.
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Jun 8
Here is a photo of the Old Library under construction. As you can see, the statues of Eldon and Stowell are looking out of the main entrance.
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Jun 3
Beautiful keepsakes, hand printed by the College Librarian, are now available in both libraries.
Please take one! Last year we had Matthew Arnold's 'dreaming spires' quote. What's your favourite quote about Oxford?
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May 29
We now have some lovely cat origami paper outside the New Library! ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐
Why not take a break and create
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May 25
We still have our Victorian bookplate (from around 1860), in it's original, velvet lined case. You may recognize the bookplate from some items in our collections!
Our current bookplate was designed in 2011
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May 22
We have small carnation vases in both library offices...feel free to borrow them!
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May 21
Good luck to everyone for Trinity Term. You've got this!
Let the Library Team know if there is anything we can do to support your studies
#GoUniv #UniversityCollegeOxford
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May 20
The College Librarian has once again created some amazing coaster keepsakes for Trinity Term. Please feel free to pick them up from either library.
These were hand-printed using the traditional letterpress method
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May 15
Help us to complete the moth jigsaw! The image is from a 1903 German translation of Oscar Wilde's Salome.
Find it upstairs in the Old Library!
#puzzles #univlibrary #specialcollections #universitycollegeoxford
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May 14
We have some origami paper on the table outside the New Library Office. Why not take a break and create?
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May 14
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our 'illustrations' Rarities Revealed. We loved sharing the beautiful moth endpaper from a 1903 German translation of Wilde's Salome. We also displayed the first illustrated edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, from 1688.
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May 7
The sun is out, so quiet book club is outside today from 11-12! Please feel free to use the picnic blanket and any of the books ๐๐
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May 6
Our next 'Rarities Revealed' exhibition will take place next Wednesday. We are excited to showcase illustrations from our Special Collections, including the first illustrated edition of Milton's Paradise Lost (1688)
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Apr 30
Whilst undertaking some research into the Robert Ross Memorial Collection here at Univ, our Librarian found this gem from the Daily Mail (1905).
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Apr 29
We now have a comfy chair in the Single Study Room. You can book all the library study rooms by emailing us or popping into our offices. Please give us a couple of hours notice!
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Apr 22
Starting next Thursday (30th) we will be inviting Univ members to join us for a weekly Quiet Book Club ๐
We hope you can come! It will be running throughout the term. Hopefully we can be outside, taking in the view of the Old Library from the Fellows Garden
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Apr 16
Notice anything different about the Old Library from this photo? The downstairs reading room wasn't created until the 1930s; before then the library had one large reading room. The bookcases are the same ones in use today, with their beautiful botanical carvings. #univlibrary
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Apr 13
The Univ Librarian has printed a copy of these intriguing 'Library Rules' from the 1930s.
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Apr 2
We're delighted to announce the winner and runners up of our poetry competition. Isabel Bentley won with her innovatively formatted Ill-iterate. Our two runners up were Li An Tanโ Hermocopis and Cara Nichollsโ The Woods on My Skin. #universitycollegeoxford #univlibrary #libraries
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