One of the many perks of an Oxfordeducation is the access it gives you to the Bodleian Library – and with it, acollection of books that is probably rivalled only by the British Library. Thehuge system of libraries all feed into each other – each college has one toitself – and deciding where you’re going to spend your time working can be animportant decision. Here we take a look at some of the nicest, or at leastplain useful, libraries in Oxford. 在牛津大学上学有众多福利，其一就是可以让你走进博德莱图书馆（Bodleian Library），享受只有大英图书馆可以与之抗衡的藏书。每所学院都有自己的图书馆，而且系统之间都会相互扶持，彼此助长。对于学生来说，去哪一座图书馆学习是非常重大的决定。接下来我们就带大家走近那些牛津最好，或至少是有用的图书馆。
Radcliffe Camera拉德克利夫圆楼 A pretty obvious starting point, thisdome-topped goliath has become the staple image to stand for all Oxfordlibraries, although it did not start out as such: built in 1748, the Camerawould not become a useful reading room until a hundred years later, whenthen-librarian Henry Wentworth Acland developed its capabilities. Today ithouses the History Faculty collection, which is why more students can be seensmoking outside the Camera than reading inside of it. 讲到牛津的图书馆，当然要从这所开始了。这座拱顶式的宏伟建筑已成为牛津所有图书馆的标志，但它起初可没这么重要。拉德克利夫圆楼（Radcliffe Camera，译者注：camera在拉丁文中有房间之意）建造于1748年，之所以在一个世纪后成为了一所有影响力的阅览室，都要感谢那时的图书管理员HenryWentworth Acland倾心发展了它的各项性能。今日，它拥有历史学院的所有藏书，所以看到在外吸烟的人比里面读书的人要多，也不足为奇了。
St Hugh’s College Library圣休学院图书馆 Being from St Hugh’s myself, I cannot denythere is some bias in this choice – nevertheless, Hugh’s boasts one of the mostextensive libraries of any college, because when it was first built in 1886 byElizabeth Wordsworth (great-niece of the famous poet), it was an all-womencollege, so the university demanded it be built outside the city limits. Evenworse, women were not allowed to use the Bodleian Library, which prompted thedevelopment of the huge library the college now has. 我本身就是圣休学院的，所以这个选择可能有偏见，但是圣休拥有历所学院中最广的藏书。它在1886年由Elizabeth Wordsworth所建（著名诗人William Wordsworth的孙侄女），当时因为是女子学院，还被大学要求建造在城外。这还不是最糟糕的：女生在那时还不被允许进入博德莱图书馆，但这也促就了今日这所学院图书馆的硕大规模。
Codrington Library可灵顿图书馆 Although awkwardly funded by ChristopherCodrington through a fortune made in plantation slavery, this library –situated in the realm of All Souls College, one of the most exclusiveeducational institutions in the world – is practically a mansion for books.Elegant, majestic, and with a signification collection of rare manuscripts, theCodrington is one of the jewels of the Oxford library scene. 虽然建造大学的资金来源令人不齿——Christopher Codrington通过殖民地的奴隶赚取了大笔财富，之后用来修建图书馆。这所图书馆坐落在世界最具学术权威的高等学府之一——万灵学院（All Souls College）内部，真可以被叫做书的海洋。图书馆内部优雅、壮丽，还拥有繁多的珍稀手稿，可灵顿绝对是牛津图书馆中的一颗明珠。
Duke Humphrey’s Library汉弗莱公爵图书馆 This is the big daddy, the oldest libraryin Oxford. Students have to go through a full security check before going in tomake sure they don’t take anything except paper and pencils in. This may seem alittle extreme, but the library’s popularity has skyrocketing since it was usedin the Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts Library, and zealous fans are alwaystrying to sneak in. 这座可是牛津最古老的图书馆，是所有人的老大。学生想进去，得先过全身安检，除了铅笔和纸，其他什么都不准带。听起来可能觉得有些极端，但它被用作哈利波特系列电影中霍格沃茨图书馆的取景地后，名声直上云霄，狂热的影迷们总想溜进去。 And a special mention for…the GladstoneLink最后得特别提一下the Gladstone Link
This famous, or rather infamous, stretch oflibrary is a stark underground area lit by harsh white light and decorated withnothing more than bits of metal. Students shuffle around the place in azombie-like daze, unaware of the time, day, month or even year. It is, withouta doubt, one of the most depressing, soul-absorbing places you might evervisit. By God, you get a lot of work done, though. 这个著名的，或者说臭名远扬的图书馆延伸区域建在地下，里面除了一点金属装饰空空如也，只有刺眼的白光照着。学生在这里两眼无神、僵尸般地穿梭而过，对时间，对年月日完全没有概念。这绝对是你可能去到的最阴郁的地方之一，它给人摄魂怪来临的感觉。但在这种环境下你的效率可不是一般的高。 原文转自Kandongsee看东西（微信号kandongsee）本文已取得授权“看东西”是由来自中国和西方顶尖大学的“学霸团队”创办的，旨在为中国学生剖析西方文化并介绍真实的留学生活。
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