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Bodleian Health Care Libraries @bodleianhcl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This Black History Month we'll be honouring 10 individuals who have made huge contributions to medicine and health care. Look out for these posts over the coming weeks.

A red, yellow, green and black striped flag behind the name of 'Dr James McCune Smith', the subject of our first post for Black History Month 2026.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October's book display focuses on boosting your study skills. It covers a variety of topics from referencing guidance & academic writing tips to time management techniques and subject specific support. View it in person in the Radcliffe Science Library or online buff.ly/wOCNX3P

Display of study and wellbeing books beneath a sign reading "STUDY WELL & STAY WELL," featuring an illustration of a student with a backpack holding a trophy while standing on stacked books. Titles on the display shown are Writing for Science Students Writing Undergraduate Lab Reports and Be well, Learn Well.

Shelf display of study-skills and wellbeing books for students—headlined "Study Well & Stay Well"—featuring titles like Writing for Science Students, Be Well, Learn Well and The Study Skills Handbook, with QR-code signs advertising eBook availability.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This Black History Month we'd like to highlight Oxford’s Black History Month Lecture "The Iconicity of Africa" - with Professor Adom Getachew 🗓️ Thursday 22 October 🕛️ From 5pm 📍 Humanities Theatre, Schwartzman Centre 🔗 buff.ly/xbCTXmn

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When the Blackbird Sings will take you (literally!) from Blackbird Leys to the Schwarzman Centre, following Paulette, born in Jamaica, who crossed an ocean to expand her horizons. We're honoured to host a small part of this experience in our public area! 🐦‍⬛🚌🎭 shorturl.at/IdG9L #BlackHistoryMonth

A photograph of some informational banners for When The Blackbird Sings, highlighting in particular the Windrush Nurses

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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.

Two men smiling and chatting across a small round table in a library reading area, each with a slice of pizza and an orange cup beside bookshelves.

Three colleagues smiling around a booth-style table, sharing pizza from an open box with plates and a drink.

A small group of postdocs sitting around a wooden table, smiling and sharing pizza with soft seating and a doorway in the background.

Presenter at a lectern in a wood-paneled room delivering a slide about the Radcliffe Science Library; a large screen shows library shelves and the question "What can the Radcliffe Science Library do for me?"

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Struggling to find time to focus on your writing? Based on the pomodoro study technique, our Focus & Finish sessions provide a quiet, distraction free opportunity to study. Join online from your favourite working space. 🗓️ Thursday 1 October 🕛️ 10.00-13.15 📍 Online 🔗 buff.ly/KXgSCkp

Promotional graphic titled FOCUS & FINISH advertising timed online working sessions; hexagon photos show people working on laptops and bullet benefits: dedicated quiet time, join via Teams from your favourite workspace, stay focused to complete goals.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are still places available for #Postdocs at our Postdoc Networking Lunch next week. Book your space before they're gone! #Postdoc #NPAW2026

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We're hosting a guided tour of the Old Bodleian for #Postdocs from @medsci.ox.ac.uk and @mplsoxford.bsky.social Learn a little about the 800 year history of the library and visit beautiful locations such as the famous Duke Humfrey's Library. 📅 Fri. 25 Sep. 🕐 11-12 🔗 buff.ly/54eOncR #NPAW2026

Long central aisle of a historic, wood-panelled Duke Humphrey's Library lined with high oak bookcases and individual reading carrels, under carved, painted timber arches and a coffered ceiling, leading to a tall stained-glass window at the far end.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's still time to book onto our Focus & Finish session. Take time to catch up on the work you've been meaning to do. Join online from your favourite working space. 🗓️ Wednesday 2 September 🕛️ 10.00-13.15 📍 Online 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/FocusFinish

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Inspiring views at the Arboretum yesterday. Thanks to Lauren for the wonderful tour. Our DPhils had a great time, many of them staying on after the tour. #Wellbeing

A group of people walking away along a sunlit grass path through tall evergreens and mixed foliage under a bright blue sky.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Struggling to find time to focus on your writing? Based on the pomodoro study technique, our Focus & Finish sessions provide a quiet, distraction free opportunity to study. Join online from your favourite working space. 🗓️ Wednesday 2 September 🕛️ 10.00-13.15 📍 Online 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/FocusFinish

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

You should be able to see a partial solar eclipse 🌕️ 🌖 🌗 🌘 this evening in Oxford, with the maximum eclipse a little after 7pm! Ahead of the event why not view some of @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 's historical accounts of solar eclipses in like this one from 1806, "Darkness at noon" buff.ly/2dWSPBZ

Title page announcing "Darkness at Noon; or, The Great Solar Eclipse," an 1806 pamphlet describing the June 16 eclipse, marked Third Edition and credited "By an Inhabitant of Boston," with publisher details and a round Bodleian Library stamp.

Three technical diagrams (Fig. 1–3) showing pairs of overlapping circular discs—one heavily hatched solid circle overlapping a second concentric ringed disc with radial segmented shading—illustrating different phases of an eclipse.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Want to see something different? Take some time out at the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social From extraordinary objects to thought-provoking exhibitions, it's the perfect place to spend an hour away from your desk or books. ✨ Find out more: prm.ox.ac.uk

Museum tray of brightly coloured feather objects—circular plumes, feathered headdresses or necklaces, decorative quills and darts.

Calligraphy and writing implements arranged fan-shaped on black foam: assorted bamboo-handled brushes, inkstone, ceramic ink pot, brush rests, a modern marker pen, seals, and wooden cases.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We are recruiting an enthusiastic & customer-focused Wellbeing Assistant to support our successful Wellbeing Programme. Help guide attendees through varied events from crafts to therapy dogs. More information on the University of Oxford's vacancies page. buff.ly/KdFmNid #Libraries #Wellbeing

A group of smiling students in the wellbeing room, holding takeaway cups and chatting near a bulletin board.

Four students sitting on a carpeted lounge floor, smiling and gently petting a relaxed dog.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You may have noticed the flock of shrieking birds near the library. It may not shock you to learn that it is a scream of swifts nesting in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social museum's specially built nest boxes. Find out about this year's fledglings on the swift diary! 🔗 oumnh.ox.ac.uk/swifts-diary...

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Reconnect with nature at the Harcourt Arboretum with fellow #DPhils. The guided tour will take in different habitats. Make your own way to the Arboretum or travel with the Radcliffe Science Library team. Book your place! 🗓️ Wednesday 26 August 🕛️ 11-12 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/DPhil_Arbore...

Male peacock standing on leaf‑strewn ground beside wooden picnic benches in a shaded woodland, showing a bright iridescent blue neck and patterned green‑purple tail feathers.

Sunlit woodchip path through a green forest, framed by overhanging branches and ferns, inviting a peaceful walk toward a bright clearing.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#OnThisDay in 1872, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald was born. A pioneering physiologist, her high-altitude research changed our understanding of breathing. She didn't receive her Oxford degree until 1972 despite finishing her studies in 1899! View her portrait in the library 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/9bJEjBejn

Black and white photograph of a young woman in a high‑collared, white dress poses in a studio portrait, standing and holding a violin at her hip and a bow in her other hand.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🚨 Don't miss your chance to see In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World, this major exhibition closes on 16 August. ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times Plan your visit and book your tickets: www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Looking for somewhere peaceful to escape the city? Harcourt Arboretum is one of the University of Oxford's hidden gems, with woodland walks, wildflower meadows and some of the oldest redwoods in the UK. Uni staff & students can enter for free! Plan your visit: www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-arbore...

Tall evergreen trees frame a sunlit green path leading into a wooded clearing under a bright, partly‑cloudy sky, with a large fallen tree trunk visible in the right foreground.

A shaded dirt path winding into a lush green woodland, framed by tall trees and ferns, with a wooden bench at the right edge offering a quiet resting spot.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When looking up at tonight's full moon 🌕️ you might start to wonder about a lot of things.🤔 If some of them are who has travelled to the moon and how did they get there? 🚀 Then we have the books for you! Browse our June book display in person or online! 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay

Space-themed book display promoting lunar and planetary books, topped by a "FLY ME TO THE MOON" sign and featuring titles like "Apollo in Perspective", "Moon a short introduction", and "NASA's Voyager Missions."

Large pale full moon at left, rocket launching toward it at bottom right, and bold 3D text "FLY ME TO THE MOON" over a star-filled dark sky.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It's the last Lego Lunch of the season! Pop into our Wellbeing Room for to build something that reflects you! Let your imagination take flight. 🕐 1-2pm #Wellbeing

Small colourful LEGO assembled on an open instruction manual page.

A Lego peacock with the tail feathers fanned out wide.

A phoenix made from Lego on a perch with a sign for Lego Lunch behind it.

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Bodleian Health Care Libraries @bodleianhcl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Improvement Works are continuing this week. The Old Road Campus Library will be closed from Mon 27 Jul - Wed 5 Aug inclusive. Your nearest Library will be at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. @oncology.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @kiroxford.bsky.social

A photo of the Old Road Campus Library's doors closed with the caption: The Old Road Campus Library (formerly the Knowledge Centre Library) is closed from Monday 27 July - Wednesday 5 August for improvement works.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A reminder of our Resource of the Month: SPIE Digital Library This excellent resource for #Researchers includes journals, ebooks and conference proceeding covers a range of optics and photonics topics including: astronomy, lasers, sensing & imaging, and more. 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/spie

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Next stop in our Oxford highlights: the History of Science Museum 📚🔬 Step into a museum that's home to 20,000 incredible scientific objects, from Einstein's Blackboard to centuries-old astrolabes. Admission is free, so it's the perfect place to take a study or work break. ✨ #TakeABreak

Museum gallery showcasing historical astronomical instruments, with a large armillary sphere on a pedestal centered in the room and multiple glass cases holding globes, astrolabes and brass measuring devices lit by soft daylight.

A young woman in a light gray hijab leans close to a museum display case, studying a small brass instrument while her reflected face appears in the glass.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Is the day DRAGON? Looking to upSCALE your day? Pop in to Lego Lunch for a quick building break! 🕛️ 1-2 📍 Wellbeing Room, RSL #Wellbeing

Elaborate Lego dragon figure with wings spread wide and a Lego crab on its back.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The sights of Oxford are not just for tourists. When was the last time you were in the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social? With so much to see from amazing archaeological finds to art through the ages. 🪙 📜 🎨 🖼️ There's a lot to see for FREE! It's a great way to #TakeABreak

Two people seen from behind walking up stairs. One is pointing to a wall full of stone busts of what look like roman figures.

Two museum visitors leaning closely to inspect a framed medieval panel painting, the red-haired woman and bearded man studying its tiny figures and brushwork on a gilt frame against a green gallery wall.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fundamentals of open access 🗓️ Thursday 23 July 🕘 10.00-11.30 💻 Online 🔗 buff.ly/3ssPGvR Understand what open access really means - decode the jargon and explore how publishing open can benefit your research. Remember to book your place. #OpenAccess

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Sharing lunch with a friend or sharing it with some Lego? Why not both?! Lego Lunch will keep rolling 1-2pm on Wednesday until the end of July in our cool Wellbeing Room. #Wellbeing

Two small brown LEGO animals—a hedgehog-like figure on the left and a squirrel-like figure on the right—sit on a tan bench facing a large red acorn between them, with green studded foliage along the bench base.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

While the hot weather continues we're doing our best to make the library comfortable. We've made more spaces available on our cooler floors (ground & lower-ground) and have fans you can borrow in the library. Find which of the Bodleian Libraries have cool spaces on our website buff.ly/3DaMPOF

A sign says Take a fan return it when leaving below a range of paper fans. One is opened next to the sign.

Quiet library study corner with three empty swivel chairs at a row of desks, one with a computer monitor on it, a standing whiteboard covered in handwritten notes, a wall-mounted digital screen, and a framed head-silhouette poster.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk

Photograph taken from above showing a man working at his laptop at the British Library.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The summer is a great opportunity to take breaks and explore Oxford. Have you been to the Oxford Botanic Gardens yet? Free to staff and students from the University of Oxford. Discover over 5,000 species of plants from gardens to green houses. www.obga.ox.ac.uk/visit-garden

Photograph of woman talking to a group of people in a garden surrounded by greenery.

Glass greenhouse housing potted tropical plants with a large palm in the foreground, framed by a tall Gothic tower rising behind under a blue, partly cloudy sky.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Our summer book display is themed "Fly me to the moon" 🚀 🌔 and highlights titles from our collections on space travel, rocket science and the Moon itself. Browse the display in our refreshingly cool lower ground floor, or check our online reading list. 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/BookDisplay

Cartoon of the night sky with a large moon and a rocket. The text reads Fly me to the Moon.

A library display about space exploration. At the top, a sign reading “Fly Me to the Moon” appears against a starry background with a large moon. Below it are several books on display, including Apollo in Perspective, Moons: A Very Short Introduction, and NASA’s Voyager Missions. A poster advertises Oxford online resources with QR codes for Women Spacefarers and Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today mark the birthday of Oliver Sacks, a physician , a best selling author and a professor. His works were adapted into plays, operas and feature films. He was both a scientist and a storyteller. Find his portrait in the RSL and read more on our blog go.glam.ox.ac.uk/8ZQdh-3k4

Photograph of a smiling bearded man with glasses wearing a white doctor's coat and holding a reflex hammer.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today's our last Craft & Chat of the academic year. Bring your current project or try our some materials in our Wellbeing Room, 1-2pm Come along for the three C's a cuppa, a chat and some crafting

Poster for Craft and Chat. Features an image of two crafters holding up their finished pieces whilst the other picture shows two knitters hard at work with the text Craft & Chat.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Have you heard about SPIE? And we don't mean James Bond. Explore SPIE Digital Library, a leading resource for optics & photonics research. With resources on photonics-driven advancements in areas from biomedicine to security. Great for @oxfordphysics.bsky.social researchers 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/spie

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We have created a blog to summarise many of the different RSL and Bodleian Libraries resources and services readers can continue to access remotely over the summer. We hope that this will help you access the things that you need go.glam.ox.ac.uk/hols

Girl on the beach on a summers day. She has her phone to her ear and her laptop resting on her knees

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The accessible lift in the RSL is out of order. Access to the lower ground floor can be arranged by talking to staff. Our small lift can be used to access the second floor. We are fixing it as a priority and apologise for any inconvenience.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A reminder that any books borrowed now are Vacation loans and will not need to be renewed or returned until the Michaelmas term gets underway

Stylised stock image of a stack of books. The pile is only partially in shot so titles cannot be identified

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Readers departing oxford later on this summer are still able to borrow books. Rather than the usual Vacation loan returns, due dates will be set in line with the expiry of Bodleian reader cards

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's Alice's Day this Saturday 4 July! Try out a range of activities at the Weston Library All are welcome to drop in for free, from cabbages to Kings, visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/alices-day

Woodcut style print of a young girl, looking very grumpy, sitting at a table covered in tea cups, with a hare, a doormouse and a man in a large hat.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just because it's summer doesn't mean that there's no Lego Lunch, it's #Wellbeing Wednesday after all. Plan a break from the books to relax with the bricks. From 1pm in the Wellbeing Room

Stock image of a Lego beach scene featuring a beach shack, a parasol and a Lego character wearing a rubber ring

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's the start of July and that means Open Days (01&02 July) While you wander around Oxford, exploring the beautiful colleges and enlightening departments, remember to check out the wonderful @bodleian.ox.ac.uk libraries RSL Tours at 🕐️ 10, 12, 2, 4 Find out more about open days buff.ly/j4ddk5k

Photograph of a library showing rows of wooden bookshelves full of books to each side and a central path dotted with comfortable armchairs. Different young adults sit in the chairs and at library desks between the shelves.

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The second part of the iSkills Open Access double header - the Logistics of Open Access - is coming soon. We recommend attending the Fundamentals of Open Access module prior to this session. 🗓️ 7 Jul 🕐️ 14.30-16.00 📍 Online 🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/LoOS #OpenAccess

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We continue to run our popular #Wellbeing Craft & Chat sessions throughout the summer. Taking place the first Tuesday of each month from 1pm in the Wellbeing Room, you can sign up for July's date now go.glam.ox.ac.uk/CCtt

Three show off their completed paper based butterflies

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The iSkills Termly Update on Open Access takes place today at 2pm. You can still sign up to join this session online and hear from the Bodleian Open Scholarship team and other speakers from across Oxford on the latest changes and developments go.glam.ox.ac.uk/TrinUpdateOS

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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you are about to head off to enjoy a well earned break, our blog provides a summary of those library services that can be accessed remotely over the summer. Wherever you may find yourself, all you need is a little connectivity and the RSL can come to you go.glam.ox.ac.uk/hols

Girl sits on the beach on her phone, laptop on her knees

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Bodleian Health Care Libraries @bodleianhcl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How are you feeling today? Why not prescribe yourself a poem for your mood! You'll find the Poetry Pharmacies at the Cairns Library (JRH) and the Old Road Campus Library (near Churchill Hospital). Come in, relax, choose a poem and see where it takes you! @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

The caption says "The Poetry Pharmacies - choose a poem to suit your mood - at the Cairns Library and Old Road Campus Library". There are 2 photos. One is a photo of a wooden card index box with 9 drawers. The box is decorated with brightly coloured stars. Each drawer is labelled with a mood. The second photo shows a sign saying "The Poetry Pharmacy" next to a display stand containing poems printed on pale green paper. The poems are organised into mood categories.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 23/06/2026

Looking for a cool library space? If you are looking for a cool library space during the hot weather, here are some tips of where you can go. You can get local information about cooler spaces at any of our libraries from staff when you arrive. bit.ly/4g2NKfR

Close to the city centre

Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library
Gladstone Link (Radcliffe Camera)
Humanities Library
Leopold Muller Memorial Library
Social Science Library
Vere Harmsworth Library
Weston Library

Slightly further afield

Girdlestone Memorial Library
K B Chen China Centre Library
Old Road Campus Library

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