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Introduction
Contact details
Opening hours
Holdings
Classification
Borrowing
books
Returning
books
New
acquisitions
Regulations
Computers
Introduction
Greyfriars is a friendly and welcoming
library, intended to provide the Capuchin friars, but also members of the
University of Oxford and scholars world-wide, with the books they need for
their studies.
Greyfriars is an integral part of the Oxford University System of
Libraries. The main collection has been recently re-organized. Uniquely,
Greyfriars houses the largest collection devoted to Franciscan studies.
The theology section has been substantially improved due to the generosity
of both the friars and of Greyfriars alumni. Also, with the newly
integrated McGregor bequest, the library has now an exceptional collection
specializing in the history, literature and the arts of the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance.
Contact
details
Address Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1SB
Guardian: Br Mark Turnham Elvins
Email brmark@btinternet.com
Telephone *44 (0)1865 256 762
Librarian: Dr Cristina Neagu (part-time consultant)
Email cristina.neagu@chch.ox.ac.uk
Opening hours
The Library is open 24 hours a day to Greyfriars members only. For
external readers, it is open by appointment. You can make an appointment
either by ringing or emailing the Warden, or by emailing the Librarian.
Holdings
All the volumes in the main library can be found on OLIS, the Oxford
Library System, a computerised union catalogue which, apart from providing
details about Greyfriars holdings, will also give you information on
almost eight and quarter million of the estimated ten million items held
by Oxford University libraries. Items are being added all the time. We are
currently in the process of cataloguing several newly acquired donations,
the McGregor bequest and the Franciscan studies collection.
Classification
Books are classified according to their subject. The system used for the
main collection is based on the Dewey decimal system. Volumes are arranged
on the shelves in a numerical sequence, starting at 100 on the left hand
side as you enter the door. The sequence of numbers continues all around
the room. Journals are in the right hand side bay behind the Reference
section. The old friars library now houses the McGregor bequest. The books
are arranged by subject and currently in processing.
Borrowing books
Greyfriars members can borrow up to twenty books, including bound
periodical volumes. Each book taken out must be recorded using the slips
provided in the red box by the printer. If you borrow a book you are
responsible for it until its return. You must not pass books on to others
without informing the library. If a book which is out under your name
fails to return, you will be charged the cost of its replacement.
External readers may use the library by appointment but may not borrow
books unless they are granted special permission.
When you borrow a book, please always remember to:
1. Fill-in a slip for each volume and leave it in the lid of the red box.
2. All fields are important. The shelfmark is particularly needed, as
slips are then filed by number.
3. Write down your name as clearly as possible.
4. Filled-in slips are arranged by shelfmark in the red box, so, when you
return books, you can easily find the one corresponding to the volume you
borrowed.
Returning books
Returned books should be placed on the table by the door. When you return
the library books, please find the slip you filled-in and leave it in the
corresponding volume so that it can be seen.
Please leave the books on the table near the entrance. Don’t put them back
on the shelves.
New acquisitions
The books which have not been catalogued are at the moment placed spine to
the back on the shelf. These are NOT to be checked out yet. You can
consult them but ONLY in the library. In order to do this, please fill-in
the slip provided for this purpose and leave it on the shelf. The books
should be returned in the same place and position as you found them
The McGregor bequest, housed in the old friars’ library, has not yet been
catalogued. These books should NOT be checked out from the library until
further notice
Regulations of the library
- All books borrowed must be signed out.
- All readers must sign in. Please use the note book on the table by the -
door.
- Readers who lose or damage a borrowed volume or mark it in any way
may be required to replace it at heir own expense, or to pay the full cost
of copying or repairing it.
- Food and drink may not be consumed in the library.
- Readers should not engage in conversation while in the library.
Computers
There are 3 computers in the Library. These are mainly workstations, the
main purpose of which is to help you in your bibliographical research.
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