Richard Ovenden
Richard Ovenden | |
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St Chad's College | |
Occupation(s) | Librarian and author |
Richard Ovenden
Early life
Ovenden was educated at Deal Parochial and
Career
He has worked at Durham University Library, the House of Lords Library, the National Library of Scotland and at the University of Edinburgh, where he was responsible for Collection Management within the Library, for Special Collections and Archives, and for the University Museums and Art Gallery.
In 2003 he became Keeper of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries[11][12] and in 2011 was appointed Deputy Librarian.
Ovenden is the author of John Thomson (1837–1921): photographer (1997), a study of the Scottish photographer, and has also written Burning the Books (John Murray),[13] which was shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize.[14]
He was appointed
References
- ^ "Bodley's Librarian". University of Oxford Gazette. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Godfrey, Lisa (21 March 2023). "The fight for libraries, 'the heart' of democratic freedom". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023.
- ^ Meet Bodley's Librarian
- ^ "Trustees, Staff and Patrons", chawtonhouse.org Accessed 16 February 2016
- ^ "People" kraszna-krausz.org.uk Accessed 16 February 2016
- ^ "New Year - and New Chair for DPC: Richard Ovenden" Digital Preservation Coalition Accessed 16 February 2016
- ^ "Richard Ovenden" Archived 2016-01-11 at the Wayback Machine Balliol College, Oxford. Accessed 16 February 2016
- ^ "Richard Ovenden returns to DPC as President - Digital Preservation Coalition". www.dpconline.org. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Richard Ovenden" bodleian.ox.ac.uk Oxford University. Accessed 16 February 2016
- ^ "Fellows Directory" sal.org.uk Accessed 16 February 2016.
- ^ Radford, Tim (11 December 2003). "£3m gift that could help save Frankenstein for the nation". The Guardian.
- ^ "Priceless Bible goes on display". BBC News. 3 March 2004.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (31 August 2020). "Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden review – the libraries we have lost". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Shortlist announced for £40k Wolfson History Prize". Books+Publishing. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B13.
External links
- Richard Ovenden on Twitter
Further reading
- Oxford Online. First Author. 24 August 2007. Interview with Ovenden about the Bodleian Library's digitisation programs and its partnerships with Google