St Hugh's College Library

St Hugh's College Library The Howard Piper Library, St Hugh's College St Hugh's College library is accessible 24 hours a day to the current students and staff of St Hugh's College.

The Library Office is open:
Monday to Friday 9:00 - 12:30 and 13:00 - 17:00. The Library is home to a varied collection which covers all undergraduate and graduate taught subject areas. Additionally our collections include: DVDs, Popular Literature, the popular Very Short Introductions and titles by Fellows of St Hugh’s College. The library also has a variety of learning spaces, including a silent

reading room and a bookable group study area. There is Wifi access throughout and six computer work stations. The library provides a photocopying / printing / scanning service. For more information on the services we provide and how to access them please visit our Library Guide:
http://ox.libguides.com/sthughs

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break!
13/03/2026

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break!

Our last stop exploring the library’s archival exhibition takes us somewhere a bit kooky. Here are some highlights from ...
11/03/2026

Our last stop exploring the library’s archival exhibition takes us somewhere a bit kooky. Here are some highlights from the first issue of the JCR Newsletter ‘Hugh’s News’ from Michaelmas 2002. The tone and content of the various incarnations of the JCR publications have shifted over time in response to levels of student engagement and concern, ranging from the jocular to the serious.

Vacation loans are now active — borrow now and return the first week of Trinity Term. 📚
09/03/2026

Vacation loans are now active — borrow now and return the first week of Trinity Term. 📚

06/03/2026

Did you love our Library’s Treasures exhibition last term? Well, you are in luck, it is now permanently displayed on our website for browsing!

Happy Women’s History Month!
02/03/2026

Happy Women’s History Month!

And the winners are 🥁…“The Eyes of Gaza”“Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”“Wilting: a poetry memoir on love, l...
27/02/2026

And the winners are 🥁…
“The Eyes of Gaza”
“Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”
“Wilting: a poetry memoir on love, loss, and grief“

We will add these and a few of the top performing books to our Pop Lit section. Keep an eye out for their arrival and display in the upcoming weeks. ✨📚✨

Our archival tour continues! Today we are looking at the evolution of sports and fashion. These two photographs of the S...
25/02/2026

Our archival tour continues! Today we are looking at the evolution of sports and fashion. These two photographs of the St Hugh’s hockey team, taken in the 1900s and the 1920s, demonstrate the changing attitudes to women’s dress, sport and physical movement in the early twentieth century. Notice the differences in the length of the students' dresses and the style in which they did their hair.

How it feels to be in the 5th week slumps…Printed image of a lion from the “Historie of Foure Footed Beasts”.
20/02/2026

How it feels to be in the 5th week slumps…

Printed image of a lion from the “Historie of Foure Footed Beasts”.

Happy Galentine’s or Palentine’s Day to all who celebrate! 🫂💕Don’t have any plans? No problem! We currently have a “Blin...
13/02/2026

Happy Galentine’s or Palentine’s Day to all who celebrate! 🫂💕

Don’t have any plans? No problem! We currently have a “Blind Date with a Book” display located in the Library Lobby. Spend the rainy or snowy weekend curled up with a mystery read. 📖❓

Can you guess what book this is?

Today we continue on the tour of our exhibition to give you a peek at what the college looked like in the '20s. These ph...
11/02/2026

Today we continue on the tour of our exhibition to give you a peek at what the college looked like in the '20s. These photographs come from an album created in 1928, showing all the main parts of the College. The album was displayed in the JCR and students could purchase copies of the photographs to support the Scholarship and Fellowship Fund.

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St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road
Oxford
OX26LE

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 5pm
Friday 9am - 12:30pm
1pm - 5pm

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