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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Indian Institute Library''' is a dependent library of the [[Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] and part of the [[University of Oxford]] in [[Oxford]], England. Opened in 1886, the library specialises in the history and culture of [[South Asia]], [[Tibet]] and the [[Himalayas]].<ref>Bodleian Library: Department of Oriental Collections: 'Indian Institute Library', http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental/iil.htm, accessed 2007-02-14.</ref> The [[Indian Institute]] and its library were originally based in the building now occupied by the History Faculty Library, on the corner of [[Holywell Street, Oxford|Holywell]] and [[Catte Street]]. (The History Faculty moved to a location on [[George Street, Oxford|George Street]] in 2007, although the History Faculty Library remained in the old Indian Institute building) Traces of the building's original function are still visible, including the gilded [[weathervane]] which depicts an elephant with a [[howdah]].<br />
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In 1968, the library was relocated to a newly constructed 'penthouse' on the roof of the New [[Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] building. The move was not without controversy, since the original building had been constructed with the express intention of providing a permanent home to the institute.<ref>Oxford University History Faculty, 'History of the faculty building', http://163.1.10.19/resources/building.htm, accessed 2007-02-14.</ref><br />
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The library remains on the top floor of the Bodleian, which results in the strange situation of a lending library being based within a reference library. The library's collection is of international importance and includes over 100,000 volumes.<ref>University of Oxford: South Asian Studies, http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/caz/sout.shtml, accessed 2007-02-14.</ref> Around 60% of these are catalogued on [[Oxford Libraries Information System|OLIS]], the [[Online Public Access Catalogue|Oxford University library catalogue]].<ref>Oxford University Library Services: Library Guide, 'Indian Institute Library', http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/libraries/guides/IND.html, accessed 2007-02-14.</ref> Anyone wishing to use the library must either be a student at the [[University of Oxford]], or obtain a reader's card from the [[Bodleian Library]]. The library's reading room was closed on September 10, 2010.<ref>http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/rooms/iirr</ref> To access the books, readers have to request their delivery to other reading rooms of the Bodleian library.<br />
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