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Changing the Bodleian Law Library: From the Ground to the Roof

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Helen Garner
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Abstract

This article written by Helen Garner, the Bodleian Law Librarian, reviews three different building projects that have taken place at the Bodleian Law Library (BLL) between 2010 and 2020. The three projects were all undertaken independently of each other and have transformed the BLL. This article discusses each project and explains the work that was completed. This is followed by a summary of the impact of the projects and the lessons learnt.

Keywords

building projectslibrary refurbishmentacademic law librariesBodleian Law Library
Type
Library Design and Refurbishment
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 2021 , pp. 60 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Footnotes

1 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1369496 accessed 14 May 2021

2 https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/opd accessed 14 May 2021

3 https://wayback.archive-it.org/6780/20210202015042/https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2010/2010-nov-18 accessed 14 May 2021

4 https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/about-us/about-faculty/st-cross-building accessed 14 May 2021

5 For further information on the refurbishment please refer to Margaret Watson's article which gives an excellent overview of the project. Margaret Watson, “All change at the Bodleian Law Library [2018] November/December Information Professional 32–35