The Association of American University Presses holds its annual meeting this week in Salt Lake City, so this may seem like a perverse moment to be thinking about libraries as publishers. Although it ...

The Bodleian Library has secured one point two million pounds towards the acquisition of the personal archive of nineteenth century British inventor and photographer William Henry Fox Talbot. The ...

A CENTURIES-old Oxford institution is reaching out over the traditional 'town vs gown' divide to help people discover the power of the printed word. Rosie Sharkey, who became the Bodleian's first ...

One titillating, new library collection has the whole world watching. The University of Oxford's Bodleian Library exhibit, Story of Phi: Restricted Books, displays a collection of "obscene" literature ...

At Oxford University, there are over 100 libraries and collections, including ancient ones and new ones. Among the 100 libraries, Bodleian library is the main research library of the University. Using ...

"Battledore" is a unique artwork shaped like a traditional hornbook, crafted from wood, and features a detailed photograph of the alphabet, which was ingeniously generated using an oscilloscope. This ...

Some of the rarest and most fragile religious texts in the Vatican and Bodleian libraries, including ancient bibles and some of the oldest Hebrew manuscript and printed books, are being placed online ...

LONDON — A government grant has put Oxford’s Bodleian Library within reach of keeping the original draft manuscript of “Frankenstein.” The $5.1-million grant, announced this week, is the largest ever ...

This book is about a family romance: of Oliver Wardrop (1864-1948) and his sister Marjory Scott Wardrop (1869-1909) with Georgia. Oliver first visited the country in 1884 (when it was part of the ...

A research library needs to raise £2.2m by the end of February for the archive of the "founder of photography". The Bodleian in Oxford has already been awarded £1.2m by the National Heritage Memorial ...

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