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The History of Oxford University Press

The History of Oxford University Press

by aseifert | May 13, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Interviews, Libraries & Publications

Last year the three volume set of the History of Oxford University Press was published under the general editorship of Simon Eliot. The books span five centuries of printing and publishing including highlights such as the foundation of the Oxford English Dictionary...
From the archives: What to do with the libraries?

From the archives: What to do with the libraries?

by aseifert | Oct 8, 2013 | Archives & Libraries, Bloomsbury Festival, From the Archives, History & Classics, Public Engagement

In our previous post about the Ministry of Information (see here) we noted that the ‘exigencies of war’ alongside the occupation of Senate House by the Ministry caused various problems for the University of London.  One of these was a question over what to do with the...

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