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Electronic legal deposit

Access electronic legal deposit at partner libraries

Bodleian Libraries

Library: Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Address: Weston Library
Broad Street 
Oxford 
OX1 3BG

Website: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/weston

Email: Admissions office: admissions@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Reader services: reader.services@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Catalogue: https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Opening hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm 
Saturday: 10am – 4pm

Travel to the Library: 

For information about travel to the centre of Oxford, please see visitor pages at https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/plan-your-visit/how-to-get-here.

For the addresses and opening hours of individual libraries please see further details at https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries.

Using the Library

Readers needing to consult electronic legal deposit material can apply for a free Reader Card giving access to the Weston Library only. The card duration will be one year in the first instance.  

Information about how to apply for a Reader Card can be found here: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/join-the-libraries  

A limited number of Reader PCs with access to electronic legal deposit material are available in the Weston Library Samsung Room (Level 1) and in the Reading Rooms.  

If you wish to use other Bodleian Libraries reading rooms and collection, please see the full list of Reader card categories and charges:   

https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/join-the-libraries/reader-card-charges  

When you visit Admissions, please bring:  

  • the required ID documents depending on the category that describes your current circumstances best. 

Wi-fi and printing

Library Wifi and computers: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/wifi-computers  

Printing, copying and scanning: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/pcas  

Self-service printing is available in the reading rooms for electronic Legal Deposit material in PDF format. For printouts from material in ePUB format please use our Print and Deliver service: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/remote-access/print-deliver

More on collections and spaces available

The Bodleian Libraries consist of twenty-six libraries across Oxford. Please see https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries for full details of all the sites, including information about our the collections and spaces. If you wish to use other Bodleian Libraries apart from the Weston Library, please see information on how to apply for a Reader Card: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/join-the-libraries  

The Library’s subject librarians provide guides to the latest and most useful library resources in your discipline. Curator guides will help you access the special collections of the Bodleian Libraries such as manuscripts, archives, maps, music, and electronic legal deposit. 

bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections-and-resources/subject-research-guides  

For guidance on using electronic Legal Deposit material, please see this guide: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/eld-explained.

Facilities on site

Please see bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/weston/services-and-facilities for full details of services and facilities available at the Weston Library.  

The Bodleian Libraries consist of twenty-six libraries across Oxford. Please see https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries for full details of all our sites. You filter the list of libraries by atmosphere, accessibility, facilities and opening hours.

Accessibility services

Accessibility at Bodleian Libraries: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/disabled-readers/accessibility

Other useful links

The Weston Library is the home for the Bodleian Libraries’ special collections: archives, manuscripts, rare books, maps, printed ephemera and other specialist material. More information at bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/weston/special-collections