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The Bodleian Library is the first systematic subject guide to the holdings of the oldest and largest academic library in Great Britain. The result of efforts by forty past and present Bodleian staff specialists, the book describes the Library's current collections in the historical context of its four hundred years of acquisitions. Each of the book's twenty-nine chapters examines a particular subject, geographic area, or special type of material contained in the Bodleian Library, covering themes such as English literature, music, North America, East Asia, pictorial resources, and printed ephemera. The chapters explore the development, unique character, and strengths of the various subjects. They also feature a specific bibliography of publications, catalogues, and other research resources on the particular subjects. A general bibliography and descriptive list of more than four hundred principal special collections in the library augment the guide's rich assortment of information. The Bodleian Library offers a comprehensive and valuable survey of the evolution of the Bodleian Library's collections, allowing readers to appreciate more fully the wealth of intellectual riches found there.… (mais)
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Even a great book might benefit from editing.
Usually, when we think of editing, we think of cutting things. This book needs the reverse. It is simply too SHORT. The Bodleian Library is such an amazing place that it needs a truly complete guide. As an overview, it is wonderful. But there isn't enough detail to get into depth.
I won't pretend to have read every chapter. I don't have enough background on Asian Studies even to know what to look for. (This is not to deny that it is good that the Bodleian collects in these areas; it's just that I can't speak meaningfully about the material.) But the areas I know -- English literature, history, classical literature, music, science -- are all well represented in the Bodleian. And the few pages devoted to each simply don't give enough information to know what is there. I'd have liked to see at least twice the coverage. As well as information on how to learn more.
That isn't really a complaint. Anyone who wants to do research in Oxford would benefit by having this book. But oh, to have more! ( )
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Foreword
The history of any great library resides in the complex inter-relationships between the personalities which have shaped it, the building which have housed it, and the collections which have filled it.
Introduction
Purposes of the Guide
This Guide provides, for the first time, a subject-based approach to the Bodleian Library's collections as a whole.
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The Bodleian Library is the first systematic subject guide to the holdings of the oldest and largest academic library in Great Britain. The result of efforts by forty past and present Bodleian staff specialists, the book describes the Library's current collections in the historical context of its four hundred years of acquisitions. Each of the book's twenty-nine chapters examines a particular subject, geographic area, or special type of material contained in the Bodleian Library, covering themes such as English literature, music, North America, East Asia, pictorial resources, and printed ephemera. The chapters explore the development, unique character, and strengths of the various subjects. They also feature a specific bibliography of publications, catalogues, and other research resources on the particular subjects. A general bibliography and descriptive list of more than four hundred principal special collections in the library augment the guide's rich assortment of information. The Bodleian Library offers a comprehensive and valuable survey of the evolution of the Bodleian Library's collections, allowing readers to appreciate more fully the wealth of intellectual riches found there.
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Usually, when we think of editing, we think of cutting things. This book needs the reverse. It is simply too SHORT. The Bodleian Library is such an amazing place that it needs a truly complete guide. As an overview, it is wonderful. But there isn't enough detail to get into depth.
I won't pretend to have read every chapter. I don't have enough background on Asian Studies even to know what to look for. (This is not to deny that it is good that the Bodleian collects in these areas; it's just that I can't speak meaningfully about the material.) But the areas I know -- English literature, history, classical literature, music, science -- are all well represented in the Bodleian. And the few pages devoted to each simply don't give enough information to know what is there. I'd have liked to see at least twice the coverage. As well as information on how to learn more.
That isn't really a complaint. Anyone who wants to do research in Oxford would benefit by having this book. But oh, to have more! (