St Anne's College Library

Thought to contain Iris Murdoch's academic hood, this suitcase turned out to be full of early newspapers instead, the oldest from 1568! These papers are part of Phyllis Handover's collection, who researched print alongside Stanley Morison.

Drawn up in the 1930's, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's plans favoured a 'bold design' for the first stage of Hartland House. Completed in 1938, it was the first building on site built specifically for use by students.
Explore more from our archive: https://archives.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/guides/archive-introduction
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Tomorrow's the day when we ask you all to please return or renew your books for the long vacation. Leavers we especially ask you to make sure you don't accidentally leave college with one of our books! 📚 📖

📚🏖️ Get your books beach body ready!

One of the joys of working in a library is sharing the skills that help preserve books for future readers. Next week we're hosting a bookbinding workshop, where participants will learn techniques used to rebind and restore well-loved volumes.

We'll be sharing photos from the workshop afterwards, so keep an eye on this page to see the results!

It's not just literary talent that we celebrate at the library!

A huge shoutout to Norm from our catering team, whose latest graphic novel has just been published! 🎉 We absolutely love his artwork and think you will too.

Fancy a read? You can find a copy on the New Books display in Hartland. 📚✨

Our library has been graced by HONSE

On a hot day like today there's nothing better than a nice cool book to bring down the heat! 🥶❄️🧊 What are your favourite refrigerated reads?

As exams creep up for some of us, don't forget that the library also has a welfare section filled with lovely books for your mental health and wellbeing!

Looking for your next read? St Anne's supported Schwarzman Cultural Fellow Kae Tempest's newest book has landed at the library!

It's Trinity term and our students are working hard! 💪
But it's also super important to make sure we balance out hard work with rest and relaxation. 🧘‍♀️🎨📚 This Mental Health Awareness Week make sure you're taking the time to take care of yourself. Why not grab a leisure read from the book swap or spend some time at our relaxation station in the Hartland library?