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For 465 years…

St John’s College Library has collected and preserved manuscripts, early printed books, and personal papers. On this site, we want to open our collections for you, in the hope that you’ll find them as fascinating, intriguing, and enjoyable as we do.

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Accessing the Special Collections

Items in the Library’s special collections can only be consulted during our designated consultation times by booking a research visit in advance. For up-to-date information, please visit Research Visits | St John’s College, Oxford

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Modern Lending Library

If you are a current member of St John’s College, you can access information about our modern lending library (or student library) on the Library pages of the College intranet (you need to be using the Oxford University network to access this information).