Welcome to Keble College Library
Library Guide 2016-2017
Admission and opening hours
The Library is open to all current members of College 24 hours a day throughout the
year. You will need to bring your University card to enter and exit the Library, for
identification, and to borrow books. The Library may not be used by non-members of
College except by appointment with the Librarian.
Your Library and Archives team
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Yvonne Murphy, College Librarian – [email protected]
Gillian Beattie, Deputy Librarian – [email protected]
Eleanor Ward, College Archivist and Records Manager – [email protected]
Yifan Cai, Graduate Student Library Assistant
Jordan Konell, Graduate Student Library Assistant
The Library is staffed from 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday – if there is no one at
the service desk, please come downstairs and find us in the office. You can also contact
us by telephone on (2)72728, or by email at the addresses above.
Making the most of your Library
We want to help you make the most of the Library and all the resources it has to offer,
so if you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. If you have enquiries
about finding items on your reading lists or locating resources for a particular essay or
dissertation topic, drop into the Library at any time during staffed hours, or email us at
[email protected] – we are always happy to help.
We welcome recommendations of books for purchase – if you would like to suggest a
title, please complete a book suggestion form (available from the information display
adjacent to the service desk, or to download from the Library website at
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/library/book-suggestion-form) and ask your tutor to sign it.
Keble Night Learn is open from 6.00 to 11.00pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings
during term in the Douglas Price Room. It provides an informal learning space for study,
discussion and group work; food and non-alcoholic drinks are permitted.
More information about all aspects of the Library’s work, including a short video about
the Library and online tutorials on using SOLO and the self-issue system, can be found
on the College website at www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/library. For news about Library
services and events, please check the digital display outside the Library; you can also
subscribe to the Library blog at keblecollegelibrary.blogspot.co.uk, or follow us on
Twitter at twitter.com/keblelib.
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Searching the catalogue
Keble Library’s books are catalogued on SOLO (solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk). SOLO lets you
search the holdings of almost all Oxford’s libraries; if you only want to find items that
are held in Keble, choose Keble College Library from the ‘All libraries/collections’ dropdown menu on the right before running your search.
To look for a book, simply enter your search terms (e.g. the author’s surname and a few
keywords from the title) in the box and then click on Search.
When your list of results appears, click on Find & Request under the relevant title to see
where copies of the book are held. To find out if a particular library has copies available on
the shelf, select the library’s name from the ‘Select location’ drop-down menu and click on
Go.
The ‘Type/Status’ column will show whether an item is available, on loan (with the date
the book is due back being displayed), or confined for use in the library only. The
number in the ‘Call Number’ column tells you where to find the book on the shelf.
More detailed information on using SOLO can be found at ox.libguides.com/SOLO.
Library staff are always happy to help if you need assistance running searches or working
with the results.
Finding the books you need on the shelf
The floor plan near the Library entrance shows where books for each subject area can
be found. Journals are usually shelved at the end of the book sequence for each subject.
Books with the location ‘Keble College Library Stack’ may only be used in the Library
during staffed hours – to consult a book from the Keble stack, please ask a member of
staff.
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Keble Library’s classification scheme is a home-grown one and, as such, somewhat
idiosyncratic. Please note that some shelfmarks may look slightly different in SOLO from
the way they are written on the spine label of the book; this is because the catalogue
sometimes inserts extra 0s after the decimal point so that records are displayed in the
correct sequence. For example, Wayne Meeks’ The first urban Christians (New Haven
and London: Yale University Press, 1983) has a shelfmark of TD 72.6, which appears in
SOLO as TD 72.006. If you need any help with finding material on the shelf, please ask!
Reference and other collections
Dictionaries and other reference books can be found on the shelves in front of the
service desk, underneath the self-issue machine. On the shelves to the left of the selfissue machine you will find books on study skills, student finance and cookery, as well as
a number of guidebooks on Oxford and a collection of travel guides on all parts of the
world. All of these books are for use in the Library only.
The Library also holds a selection of classic fiction (shelved in front of the service desk),
and a collection of classic and foreign language films and documentaries on DVD, all of
which are available to borrow. (To borrow DVDs, please ask a member of staff or,
outside of staffed hours, fill in one of the DVD request forms from the information
display and post it in the suggestions box on the service desk. You may have up to two
DVDs on loan at a time.)
Electronic resources
Oxford’s library services offer a wide range of electronic resources, including e-journals
and e-books, all of which are catalogued on SOLO, and scholarly databases and
reference works, which are accessible via OxLIP+: oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
If you are working on a computer that is connected to the University network, you will
be able to use almost all these resources without requiring a username or password. If
you are working off-campus, you can gain access simply by logging into OxLIP+ or SOLO
with your Oxford Single Sign On username and password before you start searching.
Please note that some items on SOLO – namely e-books and e-journals that have been
acquired via Electronic Legal Deposit – are available only by logging on to Bodleian
Libraries PCs. These restricted items are clearly marked on SOLO, and in many cases a
non-restricted version that can be accessed anywhere is also available.
Information on the resources available for different subject areas is available at
libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/. The Bodleian Libraries offer training sessions on electronic
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resources and on information and research skills throughout the academic year – for
further details, visit ox.libguides.com/workshops.
Borrowing books
Undergraduates and postgraduates may borrow up to 15 items at a time. For
undergraduates, books are lent for the term (due back on Wednesday of 8th week) or for
the vacation (due back on Wednesday of 1st week of the following term). For
postgraduates, books are lent for two months.
Books are issued and returned using the self-issue terminal at the service desk. To
borrow books, touch ‘Issue – Account info – Renew items’ on the screen and scan the
barcode on your University card. Touch ‘OK’ to proceed. Place the books you wish to
borrow on the white square, and check that the titles appear in the column on the right
before lifting the books away. To complete the loan process, touch either ‘Print receipt’
(to obtain a receipt listing the items you have borrowed and the date they are due back)
or ‘No receipt’ on the screen.
If the system is down, please use the form provided to make a note of your University
card barcode number, the date, and the barcode numbers of the books you are
borrowing. Books must not be removed from the Library without being checked out.
Returning books
To return books, touch ‘Returns’ on the screen of the self-issue terminal, then place the
books one at a time on the white square and follow the instructions on the screen. Any
book that has been reserved by another reader should be placed in the grey box marked
‘Reservations’ behind the counter; all other books should be left on the black shelving
trolleys. To obtain a receipt showing the date and time you returned your books, touch
‘Print receipt’ on the screen.
Overdue books incur a fine of 5p per day per book. Any books not returned or renewed
at the end of the academic year will be regarded as lost and you will be batteled for their
replacement cost.
Renewing books
Books borrowed from Keble Library can be renewed up to four times, provided that they
have not been reserved by another reader. You can renew loans on the self-issue
system, or online via SOLO.
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To renew your books using the self-issue terminal, touch ‘Issue – Account info – Renew
items’ on the screen and scan the barcode on your University card, then choose ‘Renew
items’. Select individual items to renew by touching the box next to the title, or press
‘Select all’ to renew everything on the list; then touch ‘Renew items’. The new due dates
for the items you have renewed will be displayed. (The system will tell you if any of your
chosen items cannot be renewed – please ask a member of staff if you need further
assistance.) Touch ‘OK’ to continue, then choose either ‘Print receipt’ or ‘No receipt’ to
complete the transaction.
Alternatively, you can renew books from Keble and from other Oxford libraries online via
SOLO. To access your account, click on Sign in in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
On the next screen, choose the Oxford Single Sign On option and log in with your Single
Sign On username and password.
Click on My Account to see a list of all your current loans. You can select individual items
to renew, or renew everything you have on loan by clicking on Renew All. The new due
date(s) will then be displayed.
When you have finished, remember to log out of SOLO by clicking on Sign out at the top
right-hand corner of the screen and then closing your browser. This is especially
important if you have been using a public computer.
Placing holds and recalling books that are out on loan
If the book you need is already on loan, you can either place a hold on it or ask for it to
be recalled. If you place a hold on a book, it will be kept aside for you when the current
borrower returns it to the Library. Although the current borrower cannot renew a book
once a hold has been placed on it, the original due date does not change. If you need the
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book urgently, you may wish to request a recall instead – recalled books will be available
for their requester within one week. To recall a book, please ask a member of staff or
complete one of the recall request forms from the information display.
You can place holds (but not recalls) for yourself online via SOLO. Once you have
searched for a book that you need and found that it is already on loan, sign in to SOLO
by clicking on Sign in at the top right-hand corner of the screen, selecting the Oxford
Single Sign On option and entering your Single Sign On username and password. Then
click on Find & Request, use the drop-down menu to select the library whose copy you
want to borrow and, under ‘Request Options’, click on Hold.
You will then see a form showing the details of the item on which you are placing a hold.
The date in the ‘Not needed after’ field defaults to six months after the hold is placed,
but you can change this if you wish (e.g. if the book will only be of use to you prior to a
particular essay deadline). You do not need to fill in any of the other fields. Click on Hold
to place your request. Please note that the system will only allow you to place a hold
when all of your chosen library’s lending copies of the book are already out on loan.
You will be notified by email when the book you have requested is returned, and it will
be kept aside for you for one week. Held items not collected after a week will be
returned to the shelves.
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IT and photocopying facilities
There are four Chromebase computers (one at the service desk, one in the Law section,
and one in each of the downstairs reading rooms) providing access to SOLO. Downstairs
in the Library stack area there are two PCs from which you can print to the Library
photocopier. Power sockets and wireless connection to the network are available for
laptop users throughout the Library.
A photocopier is available in the Library stack area. You will need to swipe your
University card in order to make copies. Copying and printing are charged at a rate of 5p
per side of A4 and 10p per side of A3 (black and white), and 30p per side of A4 and 60p
per side of A3 (colour); charges will be added to your battels. When making copies,
please be mindful of the copyright regulations which are on display next to the machine.
Library regulations
The regulations make the Library a safe and friendly place to work, so please note:
 The Library is for use by current members of Keble only. You must not let nonmembers accompany you into the Library. Library staff carry out regular checks on
University cards – in order for us not to disturb you, please keep your card visible
on the desk when you are working. Keble students who bring non-members into
the Library will be batteled £20 for a first offence and £40 for a second offence.
 Books must not be removed from the Library without being checked out.
 No food and drink is permitted on Library desks, except for bottled water.
 Library desks will be cleared every morning. If you wish to leave notes that you are
currently using out on a desk, you should fill in an ‘Items left out for use’ slip with
your name and today’s date and put it with your belongings. Any items left out
with no slip, or with a slip that is out of date, will be cleared. Alternatively, you
may store study-related materials (but not Library books which have not been
checked out) neatly in one of the crates in the stack area. Valuables should not be
left anywhere in the Library.
 The Library is a space for quiet study. Please show respect for your peers by
keeping noise to a minimum and by switching off your mobile phone.
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