Do fidem me nullum librum vel instrumentum aliamve quam rem ad bibliothecam pertinentem, vel ibi custodiae causa depositam, aut e bibliotheca sublaturum esse, aut foedaturum deformaturum aliove quo modo laesurum; item neque ignem nec flammam in bibliothecam inlaturum vel in ea accensurum, neque fumo nicotiano aliove quovis ibi usurum; item promitto me omnes leges ad bibliothecam Bodleianam attinentes semper observaturum esse.
I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library.
^ 4.04.1S198(5) Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
^(英文)History of the Bodleian illustrated brochure(PDF). [2019-09-17]. (原始内容存档(PDF)于2020-12-05). Libraries in the Bodleian Libraries group include major research libraries, libraries attached to faculties, departments and other institutions of the University and, of course, the principal University library – the Bodleian Library
^(英文)Libraries Curators Regulations 1 of 2014. [2019-09-17]. (原始内容存档于2021-01-07). All readers are deemed to have subscribed to, and must adhere to, the Bodleian Library declaration.
^ 11.011.1The Bodleian reader’s oath. 2019-09-18 [2019-09-17]. (原始内容存档于2021-01-07). We have translated the Bodleian oath into more than one hundred languages. Readers make the pledge in their mother tongue.