Old Road Campus Library

A library space with meeting pods on the left, a help desk in the centre and bookshelves on the right

Opening hours

Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 5pm

Christmas and New Year opening hours

The Old Road Campus Library will be closed from Thursday 24 December – Sunday 3 January (inclusive). The library will be open as usual on Monday 4 January (8.30am – 5pm). 

Access

Access during library opening hours for University of Oxford staff and students, and Bodleian Health Care Library card holders.

Entry to the building is controlled via access gates. During your first visit to the Old Road Campus Library you will need to sign in at reception. Library staff can add gate access to your card; please ask at the library Help Desk.

About us

The Old Road Campus Library offers workspaces, bookable study spaces, Wi-Fi, IT and printing facilities and subject collections.

Contact us

General Health Care Libraries enquiries
hcl-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Old Road Campus Library
hcl-oldroadcampuslibrary@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
01865 289410

Find us

Old Road Campus Library
Old Road Campus Research Building
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7DQ

Google Maps  

Directions

The Old Road Campus Library is in the Old Road Campus Research Building (find us on Google Maps). The library is on the ground floor of the building, on the right-hand side of the main atrium. 

Registration

You can register online or in person to join this library.

Using this library

Features

For disabled readers

To enter the Old Road Campus Research Building there is a revolving door and a separate accessible entrance. If you are a wheelchair user, you can use the intercom in front of the external doors there is an intercom to alert staff to open the door. The Old Road Campus Library is located on the right-hand side of the main atrium. The entire route is level access. The door into the library is not powered. Reception staff or library staff can assist if needed. 

The library is on one level with step-free access. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet located near the library on the same floor. A portable hearing loop is available at the help desk. 

There is a height-adjustable desk available in the silent study room.

The library also has a range of assistive equipment available at our equipment station:

  • book stands
  • coloured acetate sheets
  • daylight reading lamps
  • magnifiers

Spaces

  • The main reading room has bookshelves and several desks.
  • There is a cafe located just outside the library in the main lobby of the building.