Direct access is limited to staff of the Department of Eastern Art, readers with a recommendation from a member of the Department, members of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and others with an established research interest at the discretion of the Librarian. Books may not be removed from the Eastern Art Library unless they are to be used in the reading room of the Oriental Institute Library. The transfer of books between the two libraries may only be effected by a member of the library staff. Material requested by other Bodleian readers will be fetched by library staff. Bags may not be taken into the reading room.
Articles left on library premises are at the owner's risk.
Mobile phones must be switched off while on library premises. It is scheduled to move into the new Sackler Library in 2001. The books are arranged firstly by area and then by subject according to a simple classification scheme devised for the collection. All holdings are recorded on OLIS or, in the case of material in Chinese and Japanese, in the allegro catalogues. Services include OxLIP , original script Internet access to sources in Chinese, Japanese and Korean and self-service photocopying.