Most books can be borrowed (excluding journals, dictionaries, and some other reference books). Law books can be borrowed over the vacations only.
College members can borrow up to 15 books at a time, and can renew their loans up to 4 times (if no-one else has requested them). Renewals are not automatic. Undergraduates borrow books for two weeks at a time or an entire vacation, Postgraduates for an entire term or vacation, Fellows and Staff for an entire year.
Books are checked out at the self-issue machine, following the instructions given (see the induction video for further demonstration). If you have any difficulties using the machine, please contact the library staff during opening hours, or fill in the loans form next to the machine.
If the security alarm goes off, the librarians will have been emailed a photo of you leaving the library. To stop us having to chase you, please fill in the details on the loans form.
Use the self-service machine to check in books, following the instructions given (see the induction video for further demonstration). Once you've checked the book in, leave it on the reshelving trolley.
We encourage you to recommend books for the Library, either by email at library.admin@lmh.ox.ac.uk, via the suggestion sheet at the entrance, or by speaking to us in our office.
Let us know if you need more copies of a textbook, a new publication, or a book available elsewhere that you would like us to have.
The Library is a quiet environment intended for LMH members to study in. The middle and upper floors should be completely silent. Quiet group work may be done on the lower floor, but it should be quiet (low voices not shouting or playing music). Mobile phones and laptops must be on silent mode.
Food and drink is forbidden (with the exception of water in a bottle).
All books removed from the Library must be properly issued via the self-service computer by LMH members only,or, if the self-service computer is out of order, by filling in the manual borrowing sheet. Removing books from the Library without going through either of these procedures is theft.
Checked-out books should not be lent to other people; they remain the responsibility of the person who borrowed them from the Library.
Fines for overdue books are charged at 10p per day. These will be charged to your battels. Long overdue books (due back at the start of term or before, but not returned by the end of 6th week) will face a £10 fine plus the cost of the book's replacement.
Please take any personal belongings with you when you leave your desk. The Library is tidied regularly, and lost property can be found on the Lost and Found table in the centre of the Middle Floor.
PCs
The library has several PCs available for general use on the lower floor. Sign-in using your SSO.
Printing
From library computers a print job can be sent to the 'FollowMe on LMH-FRANCIUM' queue; to print from your laptop, go to print.lmh.ox.ac.uk and upload your document. Then use your Bod card to release your document at one of two printers (colour - next to the computer room; black-and-white - in the Law Library), or at the Porters' Lodge photocopier.
Printing and photocopying charges are automatically added to your battels if you go over your free allowance. Undergraduates have a free allowance of 150 single sided mono copies per year, and graduates have 300 pages.
Scanning is free.
Internet
We have Eduroam throughout the building, as well as ethernet ports around the computers and desks.
By email or phone:
The general email address for enquiries from LMH members, including to renew your loans or to make new book requests & suggestions, is:
library.admin@lmh.ox.ac.uk
Jamie Fishwick-Ford
(Librarian, they/she)
Contact Jamie for appointments to visit the library.
librarian@lmh.ox.ac.uk
(01865) 274361
Sally Hamer
(Assistant Librarian)
Contact Sally with any queries or problems, or to discuss lost property.
assistant.librarian@lmh.ox.ac.uk
(01865) 274236
Isambard
(Librarian's Cat)
Visit Issy in Jamie's office 2 or 3 days a week (often Monday - Wednesday), if you need a break or are missing your pets at home!
In person:
Our offices are located on the middle floor of Lady Margaret Hall Library, Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6QA