Imaging Services and Photography

Images from the Collections

Discover and enjoy our Digital Library of images and fully digitised volumes from Christ Church Library. We update the Digital Library with new content frequently.  

You can browse images by category and also access volumes which have been digitised in their entirety. PDFs and ZIP files of JPEGS of these images can be downloaded from the Digital Library. 

For information on the use of the images for reproduction and publication please read the information below.

Imaging Services

If you require high-resolution images for reproduction purposes, and the item you require is not available through Digital Bodleian, please email library@chch.ox.ac.uk and we will do our best to help. Please see below regarding charges for high-resolution images.

If you require phone photos for private research purposes, with no intention of reproducing the images, please email library@chch.ox.ac.uk. We do not charge for phone photos, but we have a limit of 50 photos per research request.

Prices for image supply

We will not charge for the reproduction of images for academic publications or low print runs (under 3,000 copies)

JPEGS (size 72 dpi) suitable for personal research

1-10 images ordered: £5.00 each plus VAT
11-50+ images ordered: £3.00 each plus VAT

LARGE JPEGS / SMALL TIFFS (size 300 dpi) suitable for publication

£10.00 each plus VAT

LARGE TIFFS suitable for exhibition posters

£20.00 plus VAT

Images will be sent via a WeTransfer link once payment has been received.

Rights and Copyright 

The Library administers permissions and clearances to use images from Christ Church collections in electronic and non-electronic formats.  Permission is not granted automatically and applications must be made before the material has been published.  Where a reproduction fee is payable, rights will be granted on receipt of payment.  Rights must not be transferred to third parties. Current legislation on copyright may restrict the reproduction of some images. 

Please request permission to reproduce images from our collections via the Permission Request form attached at the top right of this page.