It's that time again! Please renew or return the books you borrowed over the Christmas vacation. Drop us an email or renew on the self-issue machines. 📚

We may have passed the shortest day, but the days are still pretty dark. We have two light adjustable lamps available to borrow - one in each library office. 🌞

Following our recent trial of Brick, we have found the devices a permanent home. When you want to use Brick, head to shelf outside the Law Library (10 Merton St) and the shelf at the bottom of the staircase in the Old Library. 😊 #universitycollegeoxford #UnivLibraryExtras

Happy New Year! The Univ Libraries have re-opened and all is very peaceful in the snow ❄ #universitycollegeoxford #snowday❄️

The library team have been exchanging Christmas gifts and we now have Shelley Memorial mugs! Many thanks to our Library Assistant 😊☕🎁 #universitycollegeoxford #percyshelley

The Univ Libraries close at 4pm tomorrow (19th Dec) for the holidays. We reopen at 9am on the 5th Jan. Wishing you all a wonderful break! 🎄⛄

We will be closing for the Christmas break at 4pm on the 19th December and will re-open on the 5th January at 9am. 🎄 #universitycollegeoxford

Thank you for all the book returns! We have been busy checking them back in and reshelving. Please remember to renew any other books on your account by dropping us an email 🙂 📚 #booksbooksbooks #universitycollegeoxford

We now have a Stationery Station in every reading room! Please help yourselves. In the Library offices we also have #UnivLibraryExtras including earplugs, bookstands and chargers. 🖍📄 #universitycollegeoxford

Next Tuesday we host a relaxing Crafty Connections evening for DPhils. Network with your colleagues, enjoy hot drinks & snacks whilst you try your hand at some festive themed crafting. Book now as spaces are limited 📅9 December ⏰17.30 📍Wellbeing Room 🔗 https://t.co/tTLuaK3Eg9

Percy asked us to renew his books before he went into hibernation. For everyone else, today is the day that all MT books are due back! Please renew any books you want to keep over the vacation, either by emailing us or using the self-service machines in the library. 📖🐢

Thank you to everyone who stopped by for tea with the #univ librarians! ☕ We thought we would share our book recommendations; some of the books in our collections that we have read and enjoyed. 📖 #universitycollegeoxford #booksbooksbooks

We have had a shelf swap! Our temporary display features books from the Women's bookshelf and the Welfare collection. In the Old library you will find some titles usually kept in the New Library and vice versa! Enjoy browsing and please borrow in the usual way 📖😊 #Univ

It's beginning to look a lot like Oxmas...🎵 Our martlet is feeling festive 🎄 Happy #oxmas everybody! #universitycollegeoxford

When you think your colleague has bought you turrón as a treat, but it turns out to be a smoke sponge for book preservation... #librarylife #universitycollegeoxford

Using Brick? Your feedback decides their future at college! Please let us know what you think! 💭👀 https://t.co/kVkiZNXenV

Students! It's time to lock in. 🔒 You can now block distracting apps using our new Brick device, available in both libraries. We'd love your feedback during the trial period: just scan the QR code on the library noticeboards and let us know if it is helping! #studentlife

Reminder for students to search with UnivCat to fulfill your bookly needs! 🐾📚 Search: https://t.co/0lkKIRFGR3 🐈‍⬛

Today in #raritiesrevealed we showcased our schlaraffenland map, or ‘map of utopia’. This is a very detailed but fictitious map of human vices, where utopia is placed at the top, hell at the bottom and human folly in the middle. #universitycollegeoxford

One of the more curious prints we have framed in the library office is this deterrent to book theft, in an elaborate gothic font. Yes it sounds old, but is in fact an early 20th Century hoax by a New England Librarian named Edmund Lester Pearson. 📖 #universitycollegeoxford