Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian Libraries are a collection of 28 libraries that serve the University of Oxford in England, including the Bodleian Library itself, as well as many other (but not all) central and faculty libraries. As of the 2021-2022 report year, the libraries collectively hold 13.5 million printed items, as well as numerous other objects and artefacts.[1]
A major product of this collaboration has been a joint
One of its busiest libraries is the
History
Founded in February 2000[4] as Oxford University Library Services (OULS), the organisation was renamed on 2 March 2010.[5]
As of the 2021-2022 report year, the group cares for 13.5 million printed items, 28,293 metres (92,825 ft) of archives and manuscripts, and a staff of 541 (
Structure
The Bodleian Libraries group includes centralised departments:
- Academic and Learning Services (ALS)
- Scholarly Resources, which includes Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (BDLSS), Collections Management (Collections & Resource Description and Storage & Logistics)
- Communications
- Conservation and Collection Care
The current Director of the Libraries Richard Ovenden, like his predecessors Sarah Thomas and founding director Reginald Carr, holds the position concurrently with that of Bodley's Librarian since 2014.[10] Senior administrative staff are based in the Clarendon Building on the central Bodleian estate.[11]
Libraries
As of August 2023, the website of the group lists the following member libraries:[12]
- Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library
- Bodleian KB Chen China Centre Library
- Bodleian Education Library
- Bodleian Health Care Libraries (Cairns Library at John Radcliffe Hospital, Knowledge Centre at Old Road, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Horton Library at Horton General Hospital, Banbury)
- Bodleian History Faculty Library, in Radcliffe Camera
- Bodleian Japanese Library
- Bodleian Latin American Centre Library
- Bodleian Law Library
- Bodleian Library (Old Library, Radcliffe Camera, Weston Library)
- Bodleian Music Faculty Library
- Bodleian Social Science Library
- English Faculty Library
- Leopold Muller Memorial Library (Jewish studies)
- Nizami Ganjavi Library
- Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library, in former Radcliffe Infirmary building
- Radcliffe Science Library (including the Alexander Library of Ornithology)
- Rewley House Continuing Education Library
- Sainsbury Library at the Saïd Business School
- Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy
- Taylor Institution Library (medieval, Slavonic and modern languages)
- Vere Harmsworth Library at the Rothermere American Institute
A further 40 college libraries and 20 faculty and speciality libraries are not members of the group.[citation needed]
See also
- Bodleian Library
- Bodley Medal
- Book storage
- New Bodleian Library
- University of Oxford
- Weston Library
References
- ^ a b "About the libraries". Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "SOLO - Search Oxford Libraries Online: Coverage". Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Sarah. "Welcome to the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford". Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Timeline of Bodleian Libraries Events from 2000" (PDF). Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "OULS changes name to Bodleian Libraries". 2 March 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Bodleian preparing to move stock to salt mine". Cherwell. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2007. Updated numbers can be found here Archived 23 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2009-12-28).
- ^ Book Storage Facility Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Oxford website (accessed 2009-12-28)
- ^ Bodleian Libraries: Book Storage Facility
- ^ "Vast bookstore opens as famed library runs out of space", BBC News, 6 October 2010
- ^ "Meet Bodley's Librarian". Bodleian Libraries. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Ross, David. "Clarendon Building, Oxford". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Bodleian Libraries [list]". Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 August 2023.