Courtyard view of the Bodleian Library, one of the oldest libraries in Europe, Oxford, England, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Oxford, England, United Kingdom: View into the courtyard of the Bodleian Library ( an Academic library and established in 1602 ), the main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest libraries in Europe. The statue of Sir Thomas Bodley stands in front of the library. Sir Thomas Bodley ( 2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613 ) was an English diplomat and scholar, and the founder of the modern Bodleian Library. It is in Britain second in size only to the British Library with over 11 million items. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or simply "the Bod", under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. The Bodleian operates principally as a reference library and in general documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.
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Location: Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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