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Richard Ovenden

Richard Ovenden
Richard Ovenden is Director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Balliol College. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2019, is a member of the American Philosophical Society, and serves as Treasurer of the Consortium of European Research Libraries and President of the Digital Preservation Coalition.


One of Europe’s Great Libraries Didn’t Stand a Chance… In Either of the World Wars

Richard Ovenden on the Unlucky History of the Library of Louvain
December 2, 2020  By Richard Ovenden
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