St Catherine's College Library

St Catherine's College Library Welcome to the St. Catz Library page!

Accessibility Equipment in the Library We have the following equipment available to readers in the Temporary Library: 🎧N...
09/10/2026

Accessibility Equipment in the Library

We have the following equipment available to readers in the Temporary Library:

🎧Noise Cancelling Headphones
👂Earplugs (Help yourself to a pair 😊)
🔍x2 Magnifiers
📚Bookstands

Please feel free to use them in the library!

We would love to hear from you if there is any other equipment you would like us to provide. Do get in touch: [email protected]

St Catherine's College, Oxford

We have a Free Books trolley in the Temporary Library, which we continue to add to throughout the year. Please have a br...
09/10/2026

We have a Free Books trolley in the Temporary Library, which we continue to add to throughout the year. Please have a browse! They are looking for a good home 😊😊😊

Currently we have a number of exciting and interesting cook books donated by Tim Kelsey, the Head Chef at St. Catz. Amongst the titles:

🥔‘In Praise of the Potato: Recipes from around the world’, Lindsey Bareham
🌭‘Antony and Araminta Hippisley Coxe’s Book of Sausages’
🍳‘The Way to Cook’, Julia Child
🥦‘Eastern Vegetarian Cooking’, Madhur Jaffrey
🥖‘Secrets of the Great French Restaurants’ Louisette Bertholle
🌎🍽️‘The World’s Best Recipes’ Edith A. Browne and Jessie J. Williams
🥐🧑‍🍳‘The Professional Pastry Chef’ Bo Friberg

Why not come and have a look?



St Catz Library Inductions are next week!Please come along to one of our induction sessions held in the JCR Lecture Thea...
02/10/2026

St Catz Library Inductions are next week!

Please come along to one of our induction sessions held in the JCR Lecture Theatre.

Undergraduates:
📆Tuesday October 6th - 14:00, 14:30, 15:30, 16:00pm
📆Wednesday October 7th - 9:30, 10:00, 10:30am

Graduates:
📆Thursday October 8th - 11:00, 11:30am, 12:00, 12:30pm

Visiting Students:
📆Friday October 9th - 10:00am, 14:00pm

We look forward to welcoming you!



02/10/2026

📖Book Rests
👂Earplugs
📚Magazines and Periodicals
Happy studying, and remember to take regular breaks! 😊

St Catherine's College, Oxford St Catz JCR St. Catherine's MCR Oxford

The 24/7 Study Space has moved! ⏲📖🖋Opening Sunday 4th of October, the 24 hour study space will be located in Staircase 6...
02/10/2026

The 24/7 Study Space has moved! ⏲📖🖋

Opening Sunday 4th of October, the 24 hour study space will be located in Staircase 6.1. With room for 6 readers at a time, we hope this silent study space will be a convenient and pleasant place to work throughout the coming term.

We kindly ask that you use our sign-in sheet on arrival, and warmly welcome you into the space.

Equipment and resources available:

💻Monitors
📖Book Rests
👂Earplugs
📚Magazines and Periodicals

Happy studying, and remember to take regular breaks! 😊



The Library is back in the JCR Lecture Theatre! 📚From Sunday 4th of October the temporary library will be open in the JC...
02/10/2026

The Library is back in the JCR Lecture Theatre! 📚

From Sunday 4th of October the temporary library will be open in the JCR Lecture Theatre - but feel free to come and knock on the door and say hello before then! While work carries on in the main library building, we continue to offer a quiet place to study, and to provide access to 10% of the main collection.

Opening Hours:
9am-9pm Monday-Friday
9am-5pm Saturday-Sunday

We are so excited to welcome everyone back for Michaelmas term! 😊👋



Summer Study space at St Catherine's College, Oxford SC15.01.B9am-5pmcapacity 7 readers2 screensearplugsClick and Collec...
30/06/2026

Summer Study space at
St Catherine's College, Oxford

SC15.01.B
9am-5pm
capacity 7 readers
2 screens
earplugs
Click and Collect reservation point
Magazines
Free books trolley
Great view!

Check it out!🎉

St Catz JCR

St. Catherine's MCR Oxford

Vacation loans have now begun!All items borrowed or renewed from yesterday onward (via SOLO or in person) will be due on...
16/06/2026

Vacation loans have now begun!
All items borrowed or renewed from yesterday onward (via SOLO or in person) will be due on October 15th.
Happy reading!😊

Trinity throwback 💙📚A glimpse of students at Catz...back when we were the Delegacy of Unattached Students! Pictured in T...
28/04/2026

Trinity throwback 💙📚

A glimpse of students at Catz...back when we were the Delegacy of Unattached Students!

Pictured in Trinity Term 1920, almost 106 years ago and although less diverse, they had the same determination, and the very same Trinity‑term pressure!

To everyone embarking upon Trinity assessments and exams: you’ve got this. Remember you’re part of a long line of students who’ve been right where you are, and made it through!🌿✨

The Library is here to support your studies! 📚



Today we’re looking back at our Library, captured here under construction. Before the shelves, before the silence, befor...
05/03/2026

Today we’re looking back at our Library, captured here under construction. Before the shelves, before the silence, before generations of students pored over texts within its walls, there was scaffolding, concrete, and vision.

In some ways, it feels a little familiar. With our own temporary library set-up at the moment, this photo is a reminder that even the most established reading rooms once began as works in progress. Can you spot the temporary structure in the middle of the Library under construction? 👀

Libraries are more than buildings; they’re spaces built around the belief that books matter. This World Book Day, we’re celebrating not just the stories on the shelves, but the evolving spaces that make reading, research, and discovery possible.

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St Catherine's College, Manor Road
Oxford
OX13UJ

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Monday 8am - 12am
Tuesday 8am - 12am
Wednesday 8am - 12am
Thursday 8am - 12am
Friday 8am - 12am
Saturday 9am - 12am
Sunday 9am - 12am

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