![]() In 2015 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. The Bodleian Libraries have over one million items categorized as special collections. He holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford, and has been elected to Fellowships of the Royal Society of Arts, and the Society of Antiquaries. ![]() He has been a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Oxford Companion to the Book. He is the author of John Thomson (1837–1921): Photographer (1997) and co-editor of A Radical’s Books: The Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye (1999) and has contributed essays to the Cambridge History of Libraries, The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, and the History of Oxford University Press. He is currently a Trustee of the Kraszna Kraus Foundation, and of Chawton House Library. He has been active in both the worlds of rare books and the history of photography, serving as Chairman of the Rare Books and Special Collections Group of CILIP, and Secretary of the Scottish Society for the History of Photography. His previous positions include Deputy Head of Rare Books at the National Library of Scotland, the Head of Special Collections and Director of Collections at the University of Edinburgh, and he held the Keepership of Special Collections at the Bodleian from 2003 to 2011, when he was made Deputy Librarian. There will be an opportunity to view some rare materials and meet staff.īodleian Library of Commonwealth & African Studies at Rhodes HouseĪLISS members no charge, non members £5 admin charge.Richard Ovenden is Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford, the senior executive officer of the Bodleian Libraries, a position he has held since 2014. With over 13 million printed items, 1 it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. Prior to the move we have arranged a special visit to his historic location to learn about the history of Rhodes House Library, the book and archive collections. The Bodleian Library ( / bdlin, bdlin /) is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, commonly known as Rhodes House Library, was opened in 1929 and specialises in the history and current affairs – political, economic and social – of the Commonwealth and sub-Saharan Africa including the offshore islands. The Library holds books, journals, theses, government publications and special collections (manuscripts, archives, special or rare books).ĭuring September the library will be relocated to the Weston library, Oxford See the Weston Library Project for more details. ALISS is pleased to announce a special visit to Bodleian Library of Commonwealth & African Studies at Rhodes House on 5th August, 2pm-4pm. Kennicott 3 Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books Nearly 800 fully-digitized Hebrew manuscripts and printed books from the medieval and early modern periods. ![]()
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