Last updated |
25th March 2009 |
Name of library |
Leopold Muller Memorial Library |
Address |
Yarnton Manor, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PY |
Telephone |
01865 377946 ext.117/119 |
Fax |
01865 375079 |
E-mail |
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Website |
http://www.associnst.ox.ac.uk/ochjs/library |
Alternative names |
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
Contact & Job Title |
Dr. Piet W. van Boxel, Librarian and Fellow in Early Judaism and origins of Christianity |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Supports research in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the Centre and at Oxford, serving |
Terms of access |
By appointment |
Opening hours |
During term time: M-Th 9.30-21.00, Su 10.00-15.00. Outside term time M-F 10.00-16.00 |
Disabled access |
No wheelchair access. Minibus service to and from Oxford (for time table see website) |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Lending restricted to members of the library (for membership see website) |
Number of volumes |
45,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
300 |
Current Periodicals |
60 |
Other materials |
Microfilm collection of Hebrew mss., microfiche collection of rare Hebrew, Yiddish, Judaeo-Persian, Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Spanish books from Harvard University Library, and of various bibliographic and biographical collections. |
Volumes added per year |
600 |
Coverage |
Bible, Jewish studies |
Special Collections |
(see website) Kressel collection: biographical archive: 400,000 cuttings of Jewish personalities in the C20; Elkoshi collection: modern Hebrew literature; Yizkor books collection (currently 600 titles) |
Manuscripts |
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Research resource |
Jewish studies (including Jewish history) |
Catalogue Type |
Computer (partly) |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
Computer workstations with internet connection; digital microform reader-scanner with printing and downloading/e-mailing options; CD-ROMs of all Jewish texts, including Dead Sea Scrolls |
Full Time Staff |
2 |
Part Time Staff |
4 |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
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