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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.

Date: 2015-03-20 08:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
Ooh! Stacks!

Loads of stacks!

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

Date: 2015-03-20 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2015-03-20 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
I'd agree with you.

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

Date: 2015-03-21 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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...

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