Bodleian Libraries
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- Per @washingtonpost.com: 'President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position. She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email'. #DrCarlaHayden #LibraryofCongress.
- Want to experience world class opera in the heart of Oxford? Free on Monday evening? We still have tickets remaining for our one-off event with Garsington Opera at Wolfson College, Oxford this Tuesday May 13. Reserve your place here: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/may25/...
- No big deal, just reading a scroll that was buried in ash 1946 years ago and written even longer ago than that. Yeah, the whole thing is completely carbonised and will crumble into dust if you touch it but cutting edge X-Ray technology has enabled researchers to scan it and make out the text. 🤯
