bless thee, Bodder! thou art transmogrified!

[calimac]

The New Bodleian has been renovated, refurbished, and renamed. (Not for the villain from Out of the Silent Planet, although that was my first thought.) It still looks from the outside like it did when I researched there in 1998, but my oh my is it different and more pleasant-looking inside.

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's named after "Oxford" alumnus Jeffrey Archer, aka Lord Weston-super-Mare?

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

That doesn't work, because it's not his title. He's Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare.

Seriously, it's named for these guys. Because they donated the money, of course.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Stacks!

Loads of stacks!

You've no idea how much I love archives! Or maybe you do. :o)

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

My old article linked to from here tells of my adventures with a stack pass in the old New Bodleian. I found it a rather surprising place.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I'd agree with you.

Stacks are quite otherworldly places where you expect to hear 'ook' any moment. :o)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

My mum worked in the Bod for a while, back in the '70s. She says it is not only stranger than you imagine...