Designed by James Gibb in neoclassical in the year 1732-1749, the Radcliffe Camera is a building of Oxford University, England. It is a magnificent library that offers students the opportunity to explore different varieties of books. Here are some amazing facts about the Radcliffe Camera.
The Old Bodleian Library
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Located at the north end of the Lower reading room is this old library where you will find many new library users. At the main inquiry desk, you will find staff from the inquiry team ready to help you with some orientations. There are also some printed catalogs for materials at the general reference section that cannot be found electronically. Bodleian Library also houses an upper reading room that has an open-shelf collection for History and English. The ‘History of Science’ section is also available for you to borrow science books from. The lower reading room consists of classics, theology, and philosophy, including a map of the reading room to guide you.
The Upper Camera Reading Room
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With useful subjects available for General and British History and English, the Upper Camera Reading Room holds the Bodleian Library’s teaching collection for History and English. Another thing that can also be found in this room is the History Faculty Library’s Undergraduate Set Text reference collection. There is no delivery point for material from the closed stack in this reading room. Other detailed information about this room can be found on the Upper Camera webpage, including a map of the reading room.
The Lower Camera Reading Room
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The beginning of the History Faculty Library collection, which continues in the Upper Gladstone link starts from the Lower Camera reading room. At the self-collect service point in this reading room, you can order up to 10 closed-stack requests from the lower reading room of the Bodleian Library. There is more information about the collections and services of this reading room, which can be found on the Lower Camera webpage.
The History Faculty Library
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Located within the old Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera complex is the History Faculty Library. You can find the staff of this library at the Upper Camera reading room and at service points in the lower camera reading room. In the upper and lower camera reading room, you will find the library collection shelved as well as in the Gladstone Link. The undergraduate set collections, which are for undergraduate historians taking options, special and further subject courses, are located in the Upper Camera reading room. Books can be borrowed by current members of Oxford University, once they have registered as Bod HFL members.
Visiting
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An extended guided tour can only visit Radcliffe Camera. You can as well tour the Divinity School, Convocation House, Duke Humphrey’s Library, and the upper reading room. The high street beside St. Mary the Virgin Church is the easiest access to Radcliffe Square as well as from Brasenose College Lane or Catte Street. It is also important to note that tours run mostly on weekends and one weekday.
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