You may have noticed some new signs we're trialling in the library recently - we're hard at work trying to demystify this building for all of our users! #TopTipThursTay

From 11-31 May we are putting on the exhibition “Writing Norwegian Literary Histories” Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian). Come learn about Norwegian literature, from Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson to Jon Fosse, in the Marie Wells Collection

TORCH Oxford Humanities Division Oxford Students University of Oxford

Our #TopTipThursTAY posts are returning...
Keep an eye out for our first top tip of Trinity Term next week!👀

Not to be missed Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian), the latest translation from our dear friend and colleague Rahul Bery!

Join us next week at the Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian) for a book talk with José Henrique Bortoluci on his book What is Mine (O que é meu).

All welcome.

📚Book Talk: 'What is Mine”, by José Henrique Bortoluci

📅 Date: 1 May 2024

🕔 Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

📍 Venue: Taylor Institution Library

Our new exhibition is now open! Visit the Taylorian's Voltaire Room to learn about the fascinating life of nineteenth century French poet, Renée Vivien.

🚨 New Blog Post 🚨

The curator of our new exhibition, Rebecca Boyd, has also written a Taylor blog post on Renée Vivien to accompany the exhibition!

Read to learn more about this fascinating poet, before visiting the exhibition from 22nd April.

blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/2024…

We heard its National #LibrarianDay in the US, so we want to take this opportunity to send our appreciation and support to all of our colleagues here at the Taylorian, across the Bodleian and colleges, and to all librarians around the world!

Thank you for all that you do!

🎉Welcome back! 🎉

As we start Trinity term, welcome back to all our readers here at the Taylorian!

We hope you've had a relaxing and productive vacation, and we look forward to seeing you back in our reading rooms soon.

Here's to an enjoyable and successful Trinity 2024! 🥳

Looking for something to watch?🎥

Check out our updated New DVDs display on the 1st Floor of the Teaching Collection!

Just over a month to go until our second annual Occitan Studies Day Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian) ! More info and registration here: mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/05…

SAVE THE DATE: José Henrique Bortoluci in conversation about WHAT IS MINE at Oxford
📅May 1st at the Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian)
⏰5-6.30pm
👉Reserve a spot here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/jose-henriqu…

'Books are present in our lives as material objects by taking up space on shelves or bedside tables.'

Read below for an insight into the curation of our recent display about Women and Resistance in Russia by Library Assistant Olga Smolyak🖊️

If you missed this year's Taylor Lecture with Samanta Schweblin, you can now read all about it! Doctoral student Agnes Fanning walks us through it in the latest Oxford Polyglot ⬇️
mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyglo…

🌼Easter Closure Dates🌼

We're closing for the long Easter weekend!

The library will close at 7pm on Thursday, 28th March, and will reopen 9am on Tuesday, 2nd April.

bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/tayl…

Our newest exhibition (opening tomorrow) displays our collection of Early Dutch printed books. Don't miss your chance to visit!

📍 Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution Library
📅 27th March 2024 - 5th April 2024
🕘 Mon-Fri 9:00-18:30; Sat 10:00-17:30

Ever wondered what happens when well-loved library books fall into disrepair?

Every few months, we send some of our damaged books to be re-bound. They return not only repaired, but with lovely (and colourful!) new hardback covers!

Keep an eye out for them on your next visit!📚