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UPDATE: the Book Storage Facility is closed due to worsening weather conditions, so we won't have a book delivery this afternoon either. We're sorry for the disruption - any live stack requests are now expected to arrive on Monday.
Your hardy library crew have battled the blizzards of Oxford to make it in today, so we are OPEN as usual! However, there will be no morning stack delivery.
Keep an eye out for further updates in case of worsening weather.
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Looks like we have ourselves a comedian, ladies and gentlemen...
Unfortunately, readers can only leave books on our Reservation Points overnight, and not for 2,500 years, so this one's going back on the shelves. Sorry, Pindar.
ALT Paper slip in book reads 'Overnight Reservation Slip for books from this floor only. Today's date: 5th century BC. Name: Pindar.'
A shout out to the Online Egyptological Bibliography, created by our colleagues in the Griffith Institute.
The @bodleianlibs subscribe to hundreds of databases that Bodleian members can use for their research - browse them here: libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/…
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Hey mothership, we're not getting any success clicking on that link. Are our computers at the Sac borked, or is it a dodgy link?
If you think we're going to copy everyone else and post a snow video then 100 points to you! ❄️
(this is not our first snow gif, but this time we didn't have to fake it! 😁)
Ah, January. The month when we all enthusiastically embark on an overambitious exercise regime...
...all except our shelving staff, who already get a fantastic workout running around the library putting things back where they came from!
Read more here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sack…
ALT Member of staff shelving in the Sackler
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from all of the staff at the Sackler Library 🎅
We're closed from 5pm today until 9am on 2 January, but we hope you have a lovely break. See you in 2019!
Sackler Library Christmas closure:
❄️ We will close at 5pm on 20 & 21 Dec
❄️ We are closed completely from 22 Dec to 1 Jan inclusive
❄️ Last BSF delivery 21 Dec (AM), place orders before 7:30PM on 20 Dec
Now here's all that info again but with friendly Christmas characters:
Vacation Loans begin on Monday! Take some of our Classics Lending Library books home for Christmas - keep them warm, introduce them to your family, etc. But only CLL books - all other books have to stay here, please! #HappyHolidays
Our latest blog post comes from Dr. Fiona Gatty, a Research Fellow in the History of Art. Dr. Gatty discusses the significance of clothing and footwear in Neoclassical painting, with reference to a few of the books kept here in the Sackler. Have a read!
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ALT Illustrations of footwear from Costume des anciens peuples
Happy Halloween to all of our followers! As one of our many subject specialisms at the Sackler is Egyptology (think mummies and curses!), we would like to stake a claim to being the Scariest Library In Oxford.
Here are a few of our most spine-chilling (get it?) books! 🎃🕷️👻🕸️
Our latest blog post focuses on our Black History Month display, created by Graduate Trainee Ben Gable.
Some themes include the work of black artists, race in art, the influence of Africa on Western culture in antiquity, and racism in the ancient world.
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We also found some books about pirates in the library if that helps. Though we think we might be scraping the barrel a bit now.
(That’s also a pirate pun)
(Sorry)
You're welcome, Anonymous.
Though email or phone tend to be more reliable (and preferred) ways to contact us than incognito messages left on the wall of the ladies' toilets.
ALT Graffiti reading 'Thank you, Sackler ♡'