The Heart of Academic Life
The Tate Library remains central to the lives of students while they are here. The richness of the architecture, magnificent stained-glass windows and imperious Martineau statue all make the library one of the most beautiful study spaces in Oxford. This combined with the splendid gallery, installed 11 years ago, ubiquitous Wi-Fi, 24/7 access, self-service machines and up-to-date collections ensures that the Tate is in great shape for students now and in the future.
But the Library is more than the Tate reading room. Behind closed doors and in a temperature-controlled stacks there exists a fantastic array of Library treasures. These unique archival items and rare and important books speak eloquently of our history and intellectual pedigree.
We believe our rich and unique collections deserve to be more widely known and more easily accessible. To help us achieve this we are working on an ambitious project of digitising key works and papers.
Of course, we are also fully aware of our critical role as custodians and carers of the physical collections, and we are working to preserve and conserve our fragile material alongside our digitisation activities.
Digitising items and undertaking essential conservation work costs money.
Your support for our Library Fund is crucial in helping the College conserve these collections and promote them to students, researchers and the general public. Please click here to make a donation.
