Taylor Institution Library, Oxford

✍️ New Taylor Blog Post ✍️

Written by Dr Luisa Coelho, our new blog post gives an overview of our recent exhibition, 'Mário Cesariny (1923 – 2006): an irreverent Portuguese poet-artist'. The post also includes a video interview by Dr Coelho with Luis Amorim de Sousa, Cesariny’s friend and contributor to the exhibition.

Mário Cesariny (1923 – 2006): an irreverent Portuguese poet-artist An enfant terrible of Portuguese Letters, irreverent iconoclast, and, above all, lover of freedom (in all the different hues that the word entails), Mário Cesariny’s life is inseparable from his wo…

🔔New Exhibition Alert🔔

Our new exhibition "Women and Resistance in Russia" opens 22nd January in the Voltaire Room.

The exhibition presents the history of political activism and resistance to power by women over 100 years, from Aleksandra Kollontai to P***y Riot.

There will be a guided tour of the exhibition taking place Tuesday 23rd January at 5pm.

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Here, you can stay informed about Taylorian events, exhibitions and updates, as well as gain insight into how to use our library effectively for your research and studies!

🔔Attention students!🔔
We are running tours of the Library to help you make the most of our study spaces, resources and collections:

📆: Monday the 15th to Friday the 19th of January.
🕒: 11:30 and 15:00

This tour is suitable for all research levels and students in any year group who want to become more familiar with the Taylor Institution Library. Tours are given by library staff who are on hand to answer any queries you might have about the layout of the library or how you should go about looking for books and resources to support your research.

To book, email us at [email protected] up to 5pm the day before your chosen slot. Note, individual tours will not run if they have no bookings, so please email to avoid disappointment!

New post on the Taylor blog!

You probably know the library has large collections on major European languages. However, there are also collections on lesser-spoken languages! Read this post from a former staff member on her discovery of the Manx language materials held at the Taylor:

Manx in Oxford: Discoveries in the Taylorian Basement The Taylor Institution Library is well known for its extensive research and teaching collections, which cover many major European languages, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian.…

New to the Bodleian or just need a refresher on using the library and all its resources? There will be several short, virtual refresher inductions in 0th week. To see the dates and sign up, visit the link below (registration is required)!

iSkills workshops Workshops and training from getting started in Oxford to research data management

We've been busy decorating the staff desks and reading rooms, which has brought some Christmas cheer to the library. Enjoy the festive period, and we'll see you again in 2023!

Back in September, the Taylor put on an exhibition about the history of printing. The books on display ranged from incunabula (books printed before 1501) all the way to the avant-garde printing of the 1980s and beyond. Read the blog post about the exhibition by Linguistics, Dutch and Frisian subject librarian Johanneke Sytsema below!

http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/2022/12/08/amazing-inventions-printing-from-the-15th-21st-century/

As the end of 10th week approaches, take note of our Christmas Closure dates and don't forget to return or renew your books!

Never been inside the Taylor Institution Library? Please join one of our library tours on Saturday 10th, each half hour from 10.30-2.30. First come, first served! Includes an exhibition on ‘Amazing inventions: Printing from 15th-21st Century’.