Humanities Library

The last date for borrowing items from the English Faculty Library, History of Medicine Library, Music Faculty Library, Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library and film collections is Friday 4 July.

Any books borrowed between Monday 16 June – Friday 4 July will be due back on Tuesday 14 October 2025 (Tuesday of Week 1).

No borrowing will be available until the Humanities Library opens.

Items held offsite can be requested to any other open library and – if these are borrowable items – they can be borrowed as normal.

If you need to return a book borrowed from the English Faculty Library, History of Medicine Library, Music Faculty Library, Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library and film collections during the summer vacation, please use the drop box at the Philosophy & Theology Faculties Library.

Find the drop box at Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG

If you have an urgent need during the closure, please contact your subject librarian or subject library.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as quickly as we can.

Please note that as we prepare and move into the new library we may be slower to respond than normal.

You can please continue to request new items during this time.

We will contact you if the item arrives during the closure period and let you know how you can consult or borrow it.

We are asking tutors and course convenors to submit reading lists as far in advance as possible.

This will be a busy time for us and we may not be able to turn reading lists around quickly.