General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library
university [University]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution
Bodleian Libraries / University of Oxford
3 Address
Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
4 Phone / Fax / Email
(01865 277158, richard.ovenden@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)
5 Name of the director of the library
Dr Sarah Thomas
6 Contact person for enquiries
(Richard Ovenden)

b population served

7 Current readership, number of registered readers
80 000
8 Number of full time students
15 000
9 Number of part time students
-
10 Number of staff in institution
4 000

c the old/original building(s)

11 Total floor area
18 718 m² NIFA
12 Number of reader seats
302
13 Total capacity of shelving
83 978 lm (2 855 252 nominal volumes)
14 …in open access storage
3 280 lm (111 520 nominal volumes)
15 …in closed access stacks
80 698 lm (2 743 732 nominal volumes)
16 Number of library staff
187
17 Opening hours to the public
69 hours per week in term, 54 hours per week in vacation, 301 days per year