Last updated |
31st December 2019 |
Name of library |
Mansfield College |
Address |
Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TF |
Telephone |
01865 270975 |
Fax |
01865 270970 |
E-mail |
library@mansfield.ox.ac.uk |
Website |
http://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk |
Alternative names |
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Contact & Job Title |
Ms. Sally Jones & Mrs Clare Kavanagh, Librarians |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Provides study space for Mansfield members and the books undergraduates need for their tutorial work |
Terms of access |
By appointment via email, stating reasons for use |
Opening hours |
9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday |
Disabled access |
Three flights of stairs to libraries. Material can be delivered elsewhere for consultation. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Occasional ILL via BLDSC. Reference only. |
Number of volumes |
9,000 (Theology) |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
68 (Some very incomplete) (Theology) |
Current Periodicals |
4 (Theology) |
Other materials |
40 (Theology) |
Volumes added per year |
100-150 |
Coverage |
Two collections: a modern general theological collection suitable for BA and BTh course, and older collections containing valuable material for the study of Congregational church history. |
Special Collections |
Unique archive of Mansfield College (first non-conformist college to open in Oxford) |
Manuscripts |
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Research resource |
Congregational history |
Catalogue Type |
Computer |
URL of catalogue |
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk |
Other facilities |
Photocopying; internet access with own lap top |
Full Time Staff |
0 |
Part Time Staff |
3 |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
Mansfield College now has 90% of students reading subjects other than Theology so the Theology holdings are in a separate library and there is also a law library and a third main library which holds undergraduate collections in most degree subjects. |