Among all kinds of libraries in the world, Oxford University Library is unique. The collection of books in the library system of Oxford University has reached 6.5 million volumes, which is world-class in both quantity and quality. In addition, it has its own characteristics in management. Research library (MajorRe. Search library and personal library are two modes of Oxford University library. Research library refers to the research library owned by the university itself, which provides research services for the teachers and students of the whole school. Such as Oxford University badri Library, Oxford University Law Library, Radcliffe Science Library, sackler Library, Social Research Library, Taylor System Library, etc. Independent library refers to the libraries of various departments, disciplines and colleges. These libraries and rooms can be roughly divided into college libraries, department libraries and subject libraries. The function of individual libraries is mainly to serve their teachers and students. Some libraries can provide lending services, while others are only for research reference and are not allowed to borrow. Each library has different collections and service personnel, but they all provide extremely scattered but extremely rich collections and services. There are more than 100 such independent libraries, some of which are named according to the names of things, some according to disciplines, and some according to onlineeatalogueeode (0LIScode for short).

Research library plays an important role in this university. Take the social research library as an example. Social research libraries are distributed in three places on campus. The Economics Library is located in Malan Road; The library of political science, international relations and sociology is located on Georgia Avenue; The Social Policy and Social Work Library is located in Wellington Square. The library supports the teaching, study and research of economics, politics, international relations, social policy and social work, sociology and other majors. Teachers and students of various related majors generally come here to consult literature. The library has the service ability to receive 4000 readers at the same time. All members of Oxford University can use the library resources as long as they apply for a library card in the library. Readers are free to go in and out except that they must register in detail for the first time. Open-shelf borrowing of literature resources is implemented. Librarians sort out all kinds of materials through the classification system, and readers can inquire through the online catalogue (0LIS). It is very convenient and quick to browse the materials of various disciplines. All the services of the library have been automated, so that readers can provide and query the latest collection information in time. In order to support teaching, the research library provides copies of various core documents, which are selected from more than 200 reading catalogues. It is internationally recognized that social research libraries also provide support for economic research. The library has more than 7,000 electronic journals and more than 300 online databases. These measures are based on organizing library services for different groups. At the same time, it meets the general and interdisciplinary needs. Make effective use of resources and make full use of library resources;

(1) Reduce dependence on physical resources by purchasing electronic resources and creating digital resources.

(2) Using the development of information technology to provide new services such as electronic document delivery.

(3) The development of information technology makes the provision of existing services more efficient and cost-effective.

(4) In places where the utilization of material resources is critical, we should extend the opening hours of key buildings, increase the open-shelf materials and expand the automatic collection of resources to provide services.

(5) Improve the physical environment, fully serve the readers, and ensure the implementation of the user education and training plan.

(6) Determine the core and advanced skills required by 0ULS employees in user service, and provide relevant training for these employees.

(7) Five-grid management enables library staff to respond to users' needs in time. Its service will have the following characteristics: providing more timely service for readers; Make full use of electronic resources; The physical collection is stored in an appropriate location; Less buildings and low-cost, high-density off-site storage; There are fewer people, but they have the ability of quality service; Reduce all service costs.

In a word, many management features of Oxford University Library help to preserve the national cultural heritage and the world's academic research resources. This is a good example in the long history. It is worthy of attention and reference from people who care about cultural heritage and academic research in China. Badri Library of Oxford University has a long history of more than 400 years. 16 10, badri reached an agreement with TheStationers 'Company in London that all books published by any publishing house must provide at least one free copy to the Oxford University Library. The deposit system has a great influence on the collection development of Oxford University Library. Among them, in recent 150 years, it is stable and has a large collection, and the books stored in the library account for more than 60%. If you add gifts, the income may reach 70%. The library purchases less than 30% books every year. In terms of periodicals, the proportion of paid books is slightly lower than that of books, ranging from 56% to 6 1%, but it still accounts for more than half of the total collection; The number of periodicals purchased is between 3 1%-36%. It can be seen that the deposit system guarantees the collection construction of Oxford University Library.