Laura's Britain: Exploring Oxford's Oxford University Library-Internal Travel-There are many pictures!

The Oxford Library of Oxford University is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and it is also a famous Oxford University library. In Britain, it is second only to the British Library in London. It is the first library opened to scholars in 1602. Its unparalleled books, papers and manuscripts are collected in buildings in the city center, and you can book a guided tour. I was lucky enough to know a tour guide, so I was taken on a private trip and visited the behind-the-scenes of this famous institution.

This is not a library. Oxford University is more than just a library in a building. It is now called Oxford University Library, because it includes the main research library, the libraries of colleges, departments and other institutions affiliated to universities, and the main university library-Oxford University Library. Oxford University Library has more than130,000 printed materials.

This is a reference library that is still in use. At present, there are 50,000 valid reader vouchers for scholars and students to obtain books from the collection. I call it a reference library because books can't be checked out. Even King Charles I was refused books by 1645. Some university libraries do borrow books now, but you can't take a book home from the main library. )

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Thomas Bodley (who will be introduced in detail later), the legal depository, signed an agreement with London Stationery Company on behalf of the library. He agreed to keep a copy of every book published in England and registered in the stationery store of the new library.

There are six statutory depository libraries in Britain and Ireland: British Library (London), National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh), Oxford University Library (Oxford), Cambridge University Library (Cambridge), Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) and National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth).

The five libraries in Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin and Swath, Arberry, have the right to obtain all books published in the UK free of charge, as long as they request in writing that within one year from the date of publication,

Basically, the collection of Baudrais An Library is increasing by 1000 books every day and 5000 books every week! Because the collection is so large now, not all of them are in these downtown buildings. The university has a storage facility in swinton, 30 miles away, with 9 million items.

? John keynes/Oxford University Library and Oxford University Library have 30-minute, 60-minute and 90-minute guided tours. My trip is most similar to a 90-minute trip, where you can visit the history room of Baudrais Ann Library and the modern underground reading room.

The tour guide can tailor the itinerary for the team without scripts. Some tour guides have a better understanding of architecture, while others focus on dates and people. For example,

You can get it through headphones, so the tour guide doesn't need to raise his voice, because it is a working library. This means that even if they whisper,

The entrance to the seminary? _。 Visiting is more about understanding the history and opportunities of the library, seeing some amazing cultural relics and understanding the history of the university. ? John keynes/Baudelaire Library is the beginning of Oxford University, which has existed since 1 1 century, but it has not been specially built for 200 years.

The first purpose-built library in this university was built in the university church around 1320. St Mary d's room was taken over by the medical school.

Thomas Bodley Humphrey Duke Library was renovated and restored by Sir Thomas Bodley (1545- 16 13) in 1598. He is an academician of Merton College and a court diplomat of Queen Elizabeth I.. He married a rich widow and began to engage in library projects as his legacy after retirement. He was named after Bodhi.

Remember that the weight of the books on the seminary will affect the strength of the walls? There are about 2,500 books in the renovated library, some of which were donated by Bodley himself. The librarian Thomas James was appointed as the librarian, and the library finally opened on June 8th. 1602, 165438.

? The expansion part of Weikang Collection Art Museum added the east wing during the period of1610-1612. Bodley planned and funded the first expansion of this medieval building, the so-called artistic end. The first floor is now the lounge for introductory guides, and the first floor is the library of Duke Humphrey. This is the first mezzanine of the British Library.

The expansion of the library also exposed the painted oak beams, but the oil-based paint was used, so the color was darker. Another example is that books are locked up, because books are valuable and there is no risk of being damaged by readers. These books are put back on the shelf so that the spine will not be damaged.

You can also see the old pneumatic tube book ordering system here. Readers used to put the application form in a cylindrical container and send it to the librarian through a tube. Now you can order online. When your book is ready, you will receive an email, and then you can pick it up in the designated reading room.

In the absence of any photos of pneumatic system, this is an underground book feeder, and the pipeline is on the right.

? John keynes/Baudelaire Library, Baudelaire, the quadrangle of Oxford University, died in 16 13, but not long after, the work of improving lectures and examination rooms began in the quadrangle of his planned school. This quadrangle was completed in 16 19, but the project lasted at least until 1624.

This five-story building forms the main entrance of the library. It has five classical architectural styles: Tuscan style, Doric style, Ionian style, Corinthian style and composite style, arranged in ascending order.

? John keynes/Oxford University Library Heidenton Stone was used to build the Heidenton quarry in Oxford. Although it looks good at first, it is a porous limestone and has been severely weathered.

When I walked through the arch, I was really looking for a modern head. The old face has completely degenerated.

The bronze statue of Count pembroke (1580- 1630) is often confused with oliver cromwell.

? Oxford University john keynes/Oxford University Library. By 1859, the quadrangles of the whole school had been used by the library.

The last expansion of seldon Duanzhan Bodley Building was 20 years after the end of 1634- 1637 art. After john selden (1584- 1654) donated 8,000 books, the west extension of Duke Hugh Frey's library is still called the Seldon End.

Seldon End-Duke of Hugh Frey Library, Baudrais Ann Library. (Ian Jackson/Oxford University Baudrais Ann Library Meeting Room "KDSP", located on the first floor of Seldon Wharf, is a meeting room. 200 years after the establishment of the seminary, it is equally amazing. (Note that the ceiling was rebuilt by 1750) This oak paneled room is so named because it is a place where people gather (that is, a large formal * * *). University parties used to be held in this room to discuss university affairs. It also presided over the meetings of Parliament during the reign of 1665 and 168 1 charles ii, when Parliament was the stronghold of royalists during the civil war.

It is often used as a shooting venue. You can recognize it from Beloved (20 18) or Crazy King George (1994).

Look south in the conference room. Photo by David Ilf. Permit: CC-BY-SA 3.0 is at the far end of the room. In this photo, it is the speaker's chair. It looks like a throne with a lecturer in front. In order to make someone sit in a chair, the lecturer can pull forward on the pivot and then bounce back. Smart, isn't it? "

A small room next to the "Speaker's Court" conference room is the Speaker's Court. This is the university's court dealing with common law issues. This is also a debtor's court, which Oscar Wilde had to deal with after he failed to pay local suppliers in the 1970s. There are invoices in Bodrian's treasure collection, including playing cards, poker chips and Venetian glassware.

Speaker's court. ? John keynes/Podrian Library, President's Court of Oxford University. Oxford University john keynes/Oxford University Library gladstone connects the old Oxford University Library and the Radcliffe camera is connected by gladstone. This is a tunnel, which was used in the 1940s to transport books from new Baudelaire to old Baudelaire on a conveyor belt, and to transport books to Radcliffe cameras by trolleys.

Now, the reader (and the 90-minute tour guide) can pass. It looks a bit "sci-fi", connecting an informal learning space.

? Baudrais Ann Library in Oxford University was named after Prime Minister Gladstone, who outlined the concept of library bookshelf on the ceiling track of reading room.

? Camera of Radcliffe Library of Oxford University First of all, the camera is a Latin room, which explains the name.

John Radcliffe (1650- 17 14) left his trustee a large sum of money to buy land for the new building, and donated a sum of money to pay the librarian and buy books. He refused to entertain her again.

The most impressive classical buildings in Oxford were built according to the design of James Gibbs from 1737 to 1748, and finally opened in 1749. (James Gibb was a famous architect at that time. He also designed Saint Martin in Trafalgar Square in London.

For many years, Radcliffe Science Library has been called to 1860, which is completely independent of Bodrian. The Science Library still exists, next to the Pitt River Museum. )

Bodleian rented this monumental dome building, which became the first Baudrais Ann Library with artificial light (gas light). There are reading rooms on both floors. I was told that the geometric staircase between the two floors is outside the main building, but thankfully, it is inside now.

It's a pleasure to see the inside of the dome from the reading room above, but I also like the circular bookshelf in the center of the reading room below, where there are reserved books waiting to be collected. From the academic tome, there is also a great Gatsby penguin classic paperback.

Radcliffe camera ceiling. Bodleian Library of Oxford University, Bodleian Library of Oxford University, Oxford University When you leave the building, you must walk around the building and look up at the monsters (we usually call them stone statues) added in 2000. These are all designed by children in Oxford school, including three people on board, a lion's head and a wild boar, plus a dodo and a dodo in Alice's Wonderland story. 193 1 year.

Weston Library decided to build a new library with the increase of readers and books. It was well known at that time that a row of old wooden houses on the north side of Broad Street was demolished to build a new church. Arched door