We have got a new leader!

The University of Oxford is pleased to announce that Richard Ovenden has been appointed as Bodley’s Librarian, succeeding Dr Sarah Thomas. He will be a Fellow of Balliol College.

He will assume his new role immediately. As executive head of the Bodleian Libraries, he will take on the stewardship of combined collections numbering more than 11 million printed items, in addition to 50,000 e-journals and a vast quantity of other materials.

> Read more about Richard Ovenden and the full press release.