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9 days ago by LW

The Library at Celsus From The Great Library and Mouseion at Alexandria and the Bodleian at Oxford to the The British Library and the Library of Congress, an illustrated (and linked) tour of “ The 7 Most Impressive Libraries From Throughout History“… As we rush to renew our library cards, we might r ...

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20 days ago by Crystal

I’m feeling quite better today, compared to my “ waste of a person” attitude from yesterday. Not only did I just finish and email my final report, but I also managed to watch The Little Mermaid movie. It was suggested that perhaps the reason I was feeling bad was because I am dreading leaving Oxford ...

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31 days ago by annewelsh

I can’t see it on their webpage yet, but have received a mailing about Cilip in London on Tuesday, which looks fantastic: The Private Diaries of Robert Proctor Date: Tuesday 9 June 2009 Time: 6.30pm Venue: The Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London EC1 Map: http://digbig.com/3pmf Speaker: John Bowma ...

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46 days ago by RM

Le catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque bodléienne d’Oxford est désormais en ligne sur le site de l’excellent Centre for the Study of the Book (dont il faudra que je reparle à l’occasion, tiens). Vous le trouverez ici. Les notices – d’une très grande précision à la fois codicologique et textu ...

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55 days ago by JDZ

Oxford’s Bodleian Library The news has even reached India’s DNA news service (Bombay) that librarians at Oxford have banned step ladders and refused all access to books on upper shelves. Britain, to make up for the monstrosities it perpetrated on its colonies during its empire days, has since the cu ...

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56 days ago by beckyminx

Academic at Oxford University have banned step-ladders from its world famous Bodleian library “ because of health and safety fears. The ban means students are unable to reach books on the top shelves but dons refuse to bring them lower because it would remove them from their original historic locati ...

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56 days ago by diychica

Academic at Oxford University have banned step-ladders from its world famous Bodleian library “ because of health and safety fears. The ban means students are unable to reach books on the top shelves but dons refuse to bring them lower because it would remove them from their original historic locati ...

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57 days ago by Eilir

Just wondering. After 400 years, health and safety bans stepladders from historic Oxford library… but nobody can reach the books Stepladders have been banned from part of Oxford University's historic Bodleian library - because of health and safety fears. The ruling by officials means that students c ...

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58 days ago by Paul Donnelley

I have a lot of books and some are on high shelves that necessitate a bit of stretching or sometimes a ladder. It is lucky I don't have to comply with elf'n'safety laws. Students at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University are now unable to read certain books in the Duke Humfrey reading room. A for ...

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59 days ago by alatoisondor

La justice britannique vient de rendre en appel un jugement jugé clément pour un voleur de livre. Ce dernier écope cependant de prison ferme. Farhad Hakimzadeh est présenté dans les journaux tantôt comme un universitaire (ce qu’il n’est pas) tantôt comme un millionnaire ou un « riche homme d’affaire ...

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