I was in Oxford for a conference so I thought I’d find the time to visit Oxford Central Library. However, it turned out that the library is currently housed in temporary accommodation while the Westgate Shopping Centre is redeveloped: Temporary new home for Oxford Central Library. When the library can reopen at its shopping centre site in October 2017 it will have a new façade.

In the meantime the Library is based in the Castle Quarter and is making the most of its facility. It’s actually a really nice large room and they’ve packed in as much stock as possible.

There is also a small children’s corner.

I will have to find time to go back to Oxford when the new library is finished.

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In September 2022 I was back in Oxford (for another conference) and managed a quick visit to the new library. It is now called …

Oxfordshire County Library

I joined the queue of people waiting to get in first thing in the morning. The refurbished library is very large and swish with many facilities such as a Citizens’ Advice Bureau and Business and IP Centre.