Oxford University Press (OUP) is the world’s largest university press. The Archive holds the records of Oxford University’s printing and publishing activities from the seventeenth century to the present day. The history of printing in Oxford goes back to 1478, when the city became the second place in England to see books being printed. An official University Printer was appointed a century later. Since the opening of our New York office in 1896, OUP has had an increasingly global presence, today having offices in over 50 countries. More information on the Press today can be found on the About Us section of the OUP homepage.
With a quarter of a million books, and over 15 kilometres of archive shelving, OUP’s Archive and Library are looked after by our Asset Management team at the Great Clarendon Street office in Oxford. The team also curate the OUP Museum, available for bookings here. We are engaged in a rolling programme of cataloguing and digitization of our collections, in order to make their value more transparent, and to better support colleagues, researchers, and the community. Check out our blog and featured collections to better discover the breadth and depth of the material in the collections.
