Applications

The Library will be open in Trinity term 2025 to registered Readers. New Reader applications are currently paused. Appointments are available to those undertaking academic work to see modern books only held in Oxford at All Souls College by emailing reader.services@all-souls.ox.ac.uk with bibliographic information. Appointments are available for special collections research by emailing special.collections@all-souls.ox.ac.uk with bibliographic information.

Registered Readers are required to renew their access every academic year; the forms may be found here:

For those Readers with a current University of Oxford affiliation, please click here for the renewal form. Please note that you will need to be signed in with your Oxford SSO (Single Sign On) to access the form. 

For those Readers without a current University of Oxford affiliation, please click here for the renewal form. 

The Library’s Rules of Conduct, which Library Readers must follow, may be found here: https://library.asc.ox.ac.uk/rules_of_conduct.html