Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian)
@tayoxford.bsky.social
Taylor Institution Library, part of the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford. Covers modern European languages & literatures with a teaching collection and specialist research collection.
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/taylor
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/taylor
This week's #TopTipThursTAY - vacation loans!
Plan on reading much over Christmas vacation?
Starting Monday, any loanable Taylor material and some eligible loanable offsite items will have a vacation loan applied to them- so you won't have to worry about returning things over the break.
Plan on reading much over Christmas vacation?
Starting Monday, any loanable Taylor material and some eligible loanable offsite items will have a vacation loan applied to them- so you won't have to worry about returning things over the break.
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This week's #TopTipThursTAY - vacation loans!
Plan on reading much over Christmas vacation?
Starting Monday, any loanable Taylor material and some eligible loanable offsite items will have a vacation loan applied to them- so you won't have to worry about returning things over the break.
Plan on reading much over Christmas vacation?
Starting Monday, any loanable Taylor material and some eligible loanable offsite items will have a vacation loan applied to them- so you won't have to worry about returning things over the break.
Want to learn more about using reference managers? Check out the online iSkills workshops running this week! 💻
Wednesday 26th November
🕤09:30 - EndNote for referencing
Thursday 27th November
🕤09:30 - Zotero for referencing
🕑14:00 - RefWorks for referencing
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Wednesday 26th November
🕤09:30 - EndNote for referencing
Thursday 27th November
🕤09:30 - Zotero for referencing
🕑14:00 - RefWorks for referencing
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
iSkills workshops
Workshops and training from getting started in Oxford to research data management
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Want to learn more about using reference managers? Check out the online iSkills workshops running this week! 💻
Wednesday 26th November
🕤09:30 - EndNote for referencing
Thursday 27th November
🕤09:30 - Zotero for referencing
🕑14:00 - RefWorks for referencing
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Wednesday 26th November
🕤09:30 - EndNote for referencing
Thursday 27th November
🕤09:30 - Zotero for referencing
🕑14:00 - RefWorks for referencing
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Tomorrow evening we're hosting an in-conversation event with Gregory Jusdanis, co-author of "Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography"
This is a public lecture open to all and requires no booking.
📍Main Hall, Taylor Institution, Oxford
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕔 5pm
www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
This is a public lecture open to all and requires no booking.
📍Main Hall, Taylor Institution, Oxford
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕔 5pm
www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography | APGRD
www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Tomorrow evening we're hosting an in-conversation event with Gregory Jusdanis, co-author of "Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography"
This is a public lecture open to all and requires no booking.
📍Main Hall, Taylor Institution, Oxford
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕔 5pm
www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
This is a public lecture open to all and requires no booking.
📍Main Hall, Taylor Institution, Oxford
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕔 5pm
www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
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📢 Calling all English students with upcoming dissertations 📢
Unsure where to start with your research? Come along to our training sessions!
When & where: 25th November (Digital Study Room)
28th November (Digital Study Room)
To book, email [email protected]
Unsure where to start with your research? Come along to our training sessions!
When & where: 25th November (Digital Study Room)
28th November (Digital Study Room)
To book, email [email protected]
![Poster advertising the 'Researching your dissertation' session. The text says 'This session is designed to help English students with research for their dissertation. It will include advice for developing a search strategy, a brief introduction to reference management software, and where to find online resources that will help you identify relevant material. [They will take place on] Tuesday 25th November 14:00-15:00 [and] Friday 28th November 11:00-12:00. Venue: Digital Study Room, Bodleian Humanities Library. To book a place, please email humlib@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Tell us which session you'd like to attend, and any relevatn accessibility requirements you have.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3vsnkz5ulafho4fhn6cohbty/bafkreihb32pkz7f4ftmgdoezjosktz46tf2do3esismkwbaij6oj66g2yq@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢 Calling all English students with upcoming dissertations 📢
Unsure where to start with your research? Come along to our training sessions!
When & where: 25th November (Digital Study Room)
28th November (Digital Study Room)
To book, email [email protected]
Unsure where to start with your research? Come along to our training sessions!
When & where: 25th November (Digital Study Room)
28th November (Digital Study Room)
To book, email [email protected]
Feeling stuck with your research? Have a complex question? Our Subject Librarians can help!
We have specialist Subject Librarians for all of the languages and subjects represented in our collections.
Find your Subject Librarian here:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ta...
#TopTipThursTAY
We have specialist Subject Librarians for all of the languages and subjects represented in our collections.
Find your Subject Librarian here:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ta...
#TopTipThursTAY
Contacts and support at the Taylor Institution Library
General enquiries and library staff at the Taylor Institution Library
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Feeling stuck with your research? Have a complex question? Our Subject Librarians can help!
We have specialist Subject Librarians for all of the languages and subjects represented in our collections.
Find your Subject Librarian here:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ta...
#TopTipThursTAY
We have specialist Subject Librarians for all of the languages and subjects represented in our collections.
Find your Subject Librarian here:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ta...
#TopTipThursTAY
Want some autumnal book recommendations? Look no further than the books Taylorian staff are enjoying at the moment 🍂☔
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Want some autumnal book recommendations? Look no further than the books Taylorian staff are enjoying at the moment 🍂☔
Calling all French language and literature enthusiasts!🥐📚
Visit @mfoxford.bsky.social this Friday for an exciting one-day conference: 'Languages and literatures of the Francophone world in libraries and archives'
Full details here: mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/study-...
Visit @mfoxford.bsky.social this Friday for an exciting one-day conference: 'Languages and literatures of the Francophone world in libraries and archives'
Full details here: mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/study-...
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Calling all French language and literature enthusiasts!🥐📚
Visit @mfoxford.bsky.social this Friday for an exciting one-day conference: 'Languages and literatures of the Francophone world in libraries and archives'
Full details here: mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/study-...
Visit @mfoxford.bsky.social this Friday for an exciting one-day conference: 'Languages and literatures of the Francophone world in libraries and archives'
Full details here: mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/study-...
Interested in studying Modern or Medieval languages at graduate level? Have your questions answered by faculty at our online open day this Wednesday🎓📝
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Online Modern Languages Graduate Open Day on 19 Nov 2025
Medieval and Modern Languages Graduate Open Day Online Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding an online Graduate Open Day via Microsoft Teams fo...
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interested in studying Modern or Medieval languages at graduate level? Have your questions answered by faculty at our online open day this Wednesday🎓📝
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Modern Languages Graduate Open Day, Wednesday 19 November, 5-6pm.
Find out more and register below:
www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
Want to know which databases the Bodleian subscribes to, and how you can access them?
To celebrate our new trial of 'Oxford University Voltaire', for this weeks #TopTipThursTAY we will be showing you the easiest ways to access the databases we subscribe too!
To celebrate our new trial of 'Oxford University Voltaire', for this weeks #TopTipThursTAY we will be showing you the easiest ways to access the databases we subscribe too!
🖥️ New e-resource! 📖
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Want to know which databases the Bodleian subscribes to, and how you can access them?
To celebrate our new trial of 'Oxford University Voltaire', for this weeks #TopTipThursTAY we will be showing you the easiest ways to access the databases we subscribe too!
To celebrate our new trial of 'Oxford University Voltaire', for this weeks #TopTipThursTAY we will be showing you the easiest ways to access the databases we subscribe too!
🖥️ New e-resource! 📖
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🖥️ New e-resource! 📖
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
We're running a trial of: Oxford University Voltaire
Through this trial, you can access the new digital edition of the Voltaire Foundation's 205-volume 'Oeuvres completes de Voltaire', allowing you to easily search, markup, and reference the text.
🎂 Celebrating 50 years of the Voltaire Room 🎂
To celebrate 50 years of our Voltaire Room, we are hosting a show-and-tell event to present some of our 18th century French books, which were acquired through the Barber fund.
Please do come and join us!
📍Voltaire Room
📅 Friday 14th November
⏰2-3:15pm
To celebrate 50 years of our Voltaire Room, we are hosting a show-and-tell event to present some of our 18th century French books, which were acquired through the Barber fund.
Please do come and join us!
📍Voltaire Room
📅 Friday 14th November
⏰2-3:15pm
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🎂 Celebrating 50 years of the Voltaire Room 🎂
To celebrate 50 years of our Voltaire Room, we are hosting a show-and-tell event to present some of our 18th century French books, which were acquired through the Barber fund.
Please do come and join us!
📍Voltaire Room
📅 Friday 14th November
⏰2-3:15pm
To celebrate 50 years of our Voltaire Room, we are hosting a show-and-tell event to present some of our 18th century French books, which were acquired through the Barber fund.
Please do come and join us!
📍Voltaire Room
📅 Friday 14th November
⏰2-3:15pm
🚧Service update🚧
We're happy to say our lift is now fully operational again!
Our apologies again for any inconvenience this caused.
We're happy to say our lift is now fully operational again!
Our apologies again for any inconvenience this caused.
🚧Service update🚧
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚧Service update🚧
We're happy to say our lift is now fully operational again!
Our apologies again for any inconvenience this caused.
We're happy to say our lift is now fully operational again!
Our apologies again for any inconvenience this caused.
🚧Service update🚧
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚧Service update🚧
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
Our main lift is currently out of order. We are working to get it fixed.
In the meantime, please let a member of staff know if you need us to fetch an item from an upper floor for you, and we will be happy to do so.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Updates to follow!
🏅Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner Display🏅
Our new display at the issue desk honours Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The display also features Imre Kertész, who won the same prize in 2002.
Most books can be borrowed, just ask us at the desk!
Our new display at the issue desk honours Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The display also features Imre Kertész, who won the same prize in 2002.
Most books can be borrowed, just ask us at the desk!
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🏅Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner Display🏅
Our new display at the issue desk honours Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The display also features Imre Kertész, who won the same prize in 2002.
Most books can be borrowed, just ask us at the desk!
Our new display at the issue desk honours Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The display also features Imre Kertész, who won the same prize in 2002.
Most books can be borrowed, just ask us at the desk!
#TopTipThursTAY
Wondering how long you can take out books for? 🤔
Most of the Taylorian's books are Fixed Week Loans, which means you can have them for 7 days. The books automatically renew for up to 16 weeks if nobody else has requested them.
Wondering how long you can take out books for? 🤔
Most of the Taylorian's books are Fixed Week Loans, which means you can have them for 7 days. The books automatically renew for up to 16 weeks if nobody else has requested them.
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#TopTipThursTAY
Wondering how long you can take out books for? 🤔
Most of the Taylorian's books are Fixed Week Loans, which means you can have them for 7 days. The books automatically renew for up to 16 weeks if nobody else has requested them.
Wondering how long you can take out books for? 🤔
Most of the Taylorian's books are Fixed Week Loans, which means you can have them for 7 days. The books automatically renew for up to 16 weeks if nobody else has requested them.
Happy Halloween from us all at the Taylor Institution Library! 🎃
Why not pick up a Halloween Read from our display by the Enquiries Desk on the second floor 🦇🕷️🕸️
Why not pick up a Halloween Read from our display by the Enquiries Desk on the second floor 🦇🕷️🕸️
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Happy Halloween from us all at the Taylor Institution Library! 🎃
Why not pick up a Halloween Read from our display by the Enquiries Desk on the second floor 🦇🕷️🕸️
Why not pick up a Halloween Read from our display by the Enquiries Desk on the second floor 🦇🕷️🕸️
This #TopTipsThursTAY, let's answer the question: can I eat/drink this in here? 🥪🍎
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This #TopTipsThursTAY, let's answer the question: can I eat/drink this in here? 🥪🍎
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
Generally, the answer is no - bottled water only is your best bet! If you're wondering why, see this wonderful poster via our friends at @bodartlib.bsky.social
We do have a couple exceptions though...
The new Humanities Library is up and running, and already making changes based on your feedback! Well done team 💪
You said, we did!
• Gate entry noises (except alarms)=off on both floors!
• Height-adjustable Quick Search machine=available!
• Shelf-ends for books=progressing!
• Two sets of piano headphones=in place!
• Monitors spread out=done!
Please keep the post-its and opinions coming; it really helps!
• Gate entry noises (except alarms)=off on both floors!
• Height-adjustable Quick Search machine=available!
• Shelf-ends for books=progressing!
• Two sets of piano headphones=in place!
• Monitors spread out=done!
Please keep the post-its and opinions coming; it really helps!
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The new Humanities Library is up and running, and already making changes based on your feedback! Well done team 💪
October has flown by! If you'd like to borrow one of our Black History Month display books, now is your chance.
Next week they'll make their way back to their homes on our shelves 📖
Next week they'll make their way back to their homes on our shelves 📖
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
October has flown by! If you'd like to borrow one of our Black History Month display books, now is your chance.
Next week they'll make their way back to their homes on our shelves 📖
Next week they'll make their way back to their homes on our shelves 📖
Reposted by Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian)
Preparing for your literature review, Preregistration and registered reports, Managing research data, Foundations of copyright & Research metrics and citation analysis tools. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/mpkzhwz4
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Preparing for your literature review, Preregistration and registered reports, Managing research data, Foundations of copyright & Research metrics and citation analysis tools. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/mpkzhwz4
You may have noticed that we have some new additions to the Taylorian - food recycling bins! ♻️
You'll find one in the common room, and one in the lobby. We also have dry recycling bins throughout the library.
Let's all do our best to recycle our waste this #GreenLibrariesWeek ✅
You'll find one in the common room, and one in the lobby. We also have dry recycling bins throughout the library.
Let's all do our best to recycle our waste this #GreenLibrariesWeek ✅
October 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
You may have noticed that we have some new additions to the Taylorian - food recycling bins! ♻️
You'll find one in the common room, and one in the lobby. We also have dry recycling bins throughout the library.
Let's all do our best to recycle our waste this #GreenLibrariesWeek ✅
You'll find one in the common room, and one in the lobby. We also have dry recycling bins throughout the library.
Let's all do our best to recycle our waste this #GreenLibrariesWeek ✅
Are you ready for another #TopTipThursTAY?
📚Did you know the Bodleian recently expanded the number of books that can be loaned from our offsite storage facility? We now have 2 million borrowable items in offsite storage!
📖You can check if an item is borrowable by looking on SOLO. Let's search!
📚Did you know the Bodleian recently expanded the number of books that can be loaned from our offsite storage facility? We now have 2 million borrowable items in offsite storage!
📖You can check if an item is borrowable by looking on SOLO. Let's search!
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Are you ready for another #TopTipThursTAY?
📚Did you know the Bodleian recently expanded the number of books that can be loaned from our offsite storage facility? We now have 2 million borrowable items in offsite storage!
📖You can check if an item is borrowable by looking on SOLO. Let's search!
📚Did you know the Bodleian recently expanded the number of books that can be loaned from our offsite storage facility? We now have 2 million borrowable items in offsite storage!
📖You can check if an item is borrowable by looking on SOLO. Let's search!
Have you heard of the Bodleian iSkills workshops?
💻The information skills team run free, librarian-led workshops to help students, staff and academics gain essential data and information skills to assist with researching!
💻The information skills team run free, librarian-led workshops to help students, staff and academics gain essential data and information skills to assist with researching!
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Have you heard of the Bodleian iSkills workshops?
💻The information skills team run free, librarian-led workshops to help students, staff and academics gain essential data and information skills to assist with researching!
💻The information skills team run free, librarian-led workshops to help students, staff and academics gain essential data and information skills to assist with researching!
A new academic year marks the return of #TopTipThursTAY! 🎉
Every Thursday during term time we will post a tip to help you get the most out of our library!
Today’s #TopTipThursTAY, we are focusing on a key skill for our new undergraduate readers- how to find a book in our Teaching Collection!
Every Thursday during term time we will post a tip to help you get the most out of our library!
Today’s #TopTipThursTAY, we are focusing on a key skill for our new undergraduate readers- how to find a book in our Teaching Collection!
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A new academic year marks the return of #TopTipThursTAY! 🎉
Every Thursday during term time we will post a tip to help you get the most out of our library!
Today’s #TopTipThursTAY, we are focusing on a key skill for our new undergraduate readers- how to find a book in our Teaching Collection!
Every Thursday during term time we will post a tip to help you get the most out of our library!
Today’s #TopTipThursTAY, we are focusing on a key skill for our new undergraduate readers- how to find a book in our Teaching Collection!
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Our vacation loans also come to an end today. Please return any books that have reached their due date- we can always re-issue any books you would like to keep (if they're not requested).
Books issued from today will be loaned for the normal 7 day auto-renewal period.
Our vacation loans also come to an end today. Please return any books that have reached their due date- we can always re-issue any books you would like to keep (if they're not requested).
Books issued from today will be loaned for the normal 7 day auto-renewal period.
Our vacation borrowing period comes to an end today (Tuesday 14 October), and loan periods will operate on term-time rules.
Please bring back to the library any items you originally borrowed on or before 24 June 2025 for return or to re-borrow.
Please bring back to the library any items you originally borrowed on or before 24 June 2025 for return or to re-borrow.
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We support this message!
Our vacation loans also come to an end today. Please return any books that have reached their due date- we can always re-issue any books you would like to keep (if they're not requested).
Books issued from today will be loaned for the normal 7 day auto-renewal period.
Our vacation loans also come to an end today. Please return any books that have reached their due date- we can always re-issue any books you would like to keep (if they're not requested).
Books issued from today will be loaned for the normal 7 day auto-renewal period.