From 1937 to 1940, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott worked on the New Bodleian Library, in Broad Street, Oxford.

[1] His biographer A. S. G. Butler commented, "In an attempt to be polite to these – which vary from late Gothic to Victorian Tudor – Scott produced a not very impressive neo-Jacobean design".

[3] The building was constructed of Bladon stone with Clipsham dressings and was opened by King George VI.

This was connected with the original Bodleian Library underground by a conveyor belt system for books.

The transformed library has been generally well-received, being described as a "hey presto moment for the city" by The Independent newspaper.