I basically told them I was researching AI safety, and could point to a handful of relevant books which I genuinely wanted to read, which were in the Bodleian but not in e.g. the county library. I think you can search their catalogue at https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk even without an account, which is quite helpful.
Common Ground on Little Clarendon Street is a good shout in the meantime, and the Country Library in Westgate is a decent change of scenery.
I basically told them I was researching AI safety, and could point to a handful of relevant books which I genuinely wanted to read, which were in the Bodleian but not in e.g. the county library. I think you can search their catalogue at https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk even without an account, which is quite helpful.
Common Ground on Little Clarendon Street is a good shout in the meantime, and the Country Library in Westgate is a decent change of scenery.