Richard Ovenden

Richard Ovenden

Richard Ovenden is a librarian and author of "John Thomson (1837–1921): Photographer" (1997), a major study of the Scottish photographer. Ovenden was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School. Kent and at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating in 1985. He has worked at Durham University Library, the House of Lords Library, the National Library of Scotland and at the University of Edinburgh, where he was responsible for Collection Management within the Library, for Special Collections and Archives, and for the University Museums and Art Gallery. Since 2003 he has been Keeper of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. [citation|title=£3m gift that could help save Frankenstein for the nation|author=Tim Radford|date=December 11, 2003|publisher=The Guardian |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1104498,00.html] [citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3527255.stm |title=Priceless Bible goes on display|date= 3 March, 2004|publisher=BBC News]

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[http://www.firstauthor.org/blog/?p=93 Oxford Online] . First Author. 24 August 2007. Interview with Richard Ovenden about the Bodleian Library's digitalisation programs and its partnerships with Google


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