@richove.bsky.social
Bodley's Librarian, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE. President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social Hon. Fellow @britishacademy.bsky.social
It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.
It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.
Delighted to be in conversation with Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the United States, for this event @ucl.ac.uk this coming Thursday evening. Some places still left! www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Soft day, thank God. (Port Meadow)
Thanks for upping this, John. #BurningtheBooks keeps being an authoritarian priority across the globe ...
This is an excellent thread by my colleague @kastrel.bsky.social (in the Health Care Libraries team @bodleian.ox.ac.uk)
Free people read freely - unless you live in a council where political interference puts a stop to it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Learn about some significant new finds in Bodleian Libraries’ Chinese collection including an important missing page from the world’s earliest text of Cantonese opera safely hidden inside a 40-volume imperial dictionary, two leaves of a rare copper plate print album commissioned by Kangxi Emperor.
Blue skies and Bluesky! @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
We basically have the full deck here @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social @hsmoxford.bsky.social
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Oh this is very sad news. He was a real hero. -gave evidence in the trials of Milosevic and Mladic at the Hague - he faced the monsters. He showed us how libraries are of crucial importance for their communities - esp when they are deliberately targetted. I celebrated his work in #Burningthebooks
Incredible sunset from my office @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Extremely interesting case relating to responsibilities for providing access to colonial archives that have a significant commercial relevance ... giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
'Always verify your references' was his sage advice to younger scholars. Still apposite in our current information age ... his personal library is a jewel of @dulib.bsky.social
Oh crikey
Bravo Fiona!
Really enjoyed my conversation with Sophie Gee for @slobpodcast.bsky.social on the #Frankenstein MS @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Thank you Sebastian!
Upper Reading Room as a place of manifold happinesses
Oxford Bar
I have rung the bell many times but I think it is covered in my job description under the ‘other duties as required’ section …
Getting ever so slightly lighter on Port Meadow
Not sure Matt, but Ian did ask me for some advice on the library-related parts of the book ...
The funeral of Martin Parr was a very moving occasion yesterday. The tributes and memories reflected the emotions of those gathered, sadness that he had left us too soon, but heartfelt thaks for his life, work and friendship.
The funeral of Martin Parr was a very moving occasion yesterday. The tributes and memories reflected the emotions of those gathered, sadness that he had left us too soon, but heartfelt thaks for his life, work and friendship.
Thanks goodness for the clear and precise analysis on the US actions in Venezuela, and what might be coming in Cuba or Greenland, in terms of international law from @philippesands.bsky.social in this weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
As usual a fine piece in @theobserveruk.bsky.social by the great Margaret MacMillan on the view from Canada on their near neighbours … observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Dont keep us in suspense!