Radcliffe Camera for disabled readers

A row of three pale red chairs in front of a desk, bookshelves are in the background

Accessibility

Only the lower reading room of the Radcliffe Camera and the upper floor of the Gladstone Link are accessible to those who require step-free access. Entrance is via the Radcliffe Camera or the Old Bodleian Quad. If you have reduced mobility, you must register your card and agree a personal evacuation plan. For more information, please contact access@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

You can find detailed accessibility information for the Radcliffe Camera and the Gladstone Link in the University Access Guide.

Services and support

If you have queries about services and facilities for library users with a disability or SpLD at the Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link, please email these to access@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

Assistance animals, such as guide dogs and hearings dogs, are always allowed into the Bodleian Libraries.  

Some material is held in galleries accessed by spiral staircases. Staff are always happy to help get books from high shelves, or from less accessible areas in the library.  

A hearing loop is available at the staff desk in the Lower Camera.  

The library can provide the following assistive equipment:

  • one daylight reading lamp (Radcliffe Camera)
  • two magnifiers (Radcliffe Camera)
  • five coloured acetate sheets (Gladstone Link and Radcliffe Camera)
  • eleven height-adjustable desks (Gladstone Link and Radcliffe Camera)
  • nine ergonomic chairs (Gladstone Link and Radcliffe Camera)

Please ask library staff if you would like to use any of this equipment.