Regent's Park College Home: Welcome

*The Regent's Park College libraries are currently closed to external readers.*

For Regent's Park students resident in Oxford, the college library opening hours are:

Monday–Friday:

midnight–7am (bookings not required)

9am–12 noon (bookings required)

2–5pm (bookings required)

5pm–midnight (bookings not required)

Saturday and Sunday (no bookings required):

midnight–7am

9am–midnight

So the closed hours are:

7–9am seven days a week

12 noon–2pm weekdays

• You have to book desks in advance for the following time slots:
• Monday to Friday: 9am–12 noon and 2–5pm
• The library will be closed for cleaning:
• Monday to Friday: 7–9am; 12 noon–2pm
• Saturday and Sunday: 8–9am
• You must wear a face mask (unless you are exempt) throughout the time you are in the library.
• Please sanitize your hands before entering the library, and after touching the door handles.
• There are 31 study spaces available, including the MCR study room.
• Please observe the one-way system in the main reading room.
• Please clean the area you have used, when you leave it, using the wipes provided. 
• You may not browse the bookshelves when anyone is sitting at desks in front of them.
• If you touch any book that you do not borrow, you must put it on the library trolley.
• You must not put any book back on the library shelves or take any book from the trolley. 
• There is a Click & Collect system on SOLO for students to request books from the college library. 
• Books will be quarantined between their return to the library and a new loan. 
• You should return books to the box outside the library as normal.

You can help to keep the library a pleasant space for everyone to study in by remembering the following:

• Please keep talking and noise to a minimum. 
• Please switch all electronic devices to silent, or use headphones.
• Please leave the library to have a conversation, whether in person or by phone.
• Please do not consume food in the library.
• Please bring drinks in spill-proof containers only.
• Smoking and vaping are not permitted.
• Please use only one study space at a time.
• Please do not leave your belongings in the library when you are not there. Please use one of the storage boxes provided in the Angus room. 
• Please do not keep books on your desk that have not been checked out to you. Other students may be looking for these on the shelves. 
• Please do not bring any personal belongings into the library which are not study-related.

Please do come and speak to us if you have any problems or concerns with using the library.

The Regent's Park library is CLOSED to anyone not a member of the college while social distancing measures are in place. Please contact the library (library@regents.ox.ac.uk) if you have an enquiry about a particular book that Regent's holds.