About the Library
LMH Library is located right in the heart of the college, and is open for all college members 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It is normally staffed on weekdays 9am to 5pm, with a break for lunch: but thanks to the self-service machine people can borrow and return books at any time of the day or night. The core members of library staff are the Librarian, Jamie Fishwick-Ford; the Assistant Librarian, Sally Hamer; and the Librarian’s cat, Isambard (a hypoallergenic Siberian Forest Cat who comes to the Librarian’s office a few days a week – you are welcome to visit him when he’s in!) Their offices are on the middle floor of the library.
The library holds more than 75,000 books, supporting the full range of academic endeavours of the college, from undergraduate core textbooks to books not found elsewhere in Oxford. We are always keen to develop our collections and support our students. We buy the vast majority of requests made to us by email, including e-books. We can also often get books in just a day or two, via Amazon or Blackwells in city centre. So please, do make suggestions!
Email: library.admin@lmh.ox.ac.uk
As well as the core academic holdings, we also have a collection of books on study and life skills, as well as DVDs and Emma Watson’s Feminist Bookclub. LMH has a small but interesting rare books collection, which can be consulted by asking the library staff – we also work closely with the Archivist, who holds records about the college’s history and former members.
All our books are catalogued onto SOLO, along with the collections of most other libraries in Oxford, at http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/. This catalogue is constantly updated, so it can tell you if the books you want are owned by LMH and if they are on loan or not.
More information on using the library is available at
https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lmh/
