We are pleased to offer a limited number of study spaces to University members who are not members of Saïd Business School. These are available during both University term and vacation times on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please report to the building's reception desk with a valid University of Oxford card. The reception team will verify your eligibility and issue you a library access card for the day.
Bodleian Reader card holders may access the library during University vacation only.
If materials are only available at, or deliverable to, the Sainsbury Library, Bodleian Reader card holders may request access to the library during University term times by emailing library@sbs.ox.ac.uk to arrange an exception.
Please report to the building's reception desk with a valid Bodleian Reader card. The reception team will verify your eligibility and issue you a library access card for the day.
Library access cards
You will be required to complete a digital visitor form and leave your University or Bodleian Reader card at reception in exchange for the library access card.
The card is only valid for the day of issue while the building is open (Monday – Sunday, 9am – 11pm, excluding some bank holidays and scheduled closure days). Please return the card by 11pm to the building’s reception desk.
An access card for using the library lift is available from the reception desk.
If you would like an induction to the Sainsbury Library, please speak to a member of staff at the enquiry desk during staffed hours. Watch our welcome video.
Telephone and video calls must be taken outside the library.
Food is not allowed anywhere inside the library.
Layout
The Sainsbury Library is spread over two floors.
Books with the location Lower can be found on the lower floor of the library.
Books marked Annexe are in a side room called the Annexe on the lower floor.
Books marked Upper Reading Room (Stack) are on the upper floor.
Lower floor
The lower floor has:
Books that are on SBS reading lists
PCs and Macs for SBS members
Docking stations
Two Bodleian PCs, one with Bloomberg access
Individual study seats and café-style tables which can be used for quiet group work
Conversation is allowed on the lower floor but should be kept to a low volume. Phone/video calls must be taken outside the library.
Upper floor
The upper floor has:
Individual study seats
Docking stations
The upper floor is reserved for silent study, in consideration of those who require a quiet workspace. Students are asked to have their phones on silent when in that part of the library.
