February has been a fairly quiet month, news-wise at OIL, although as it is currently Term time we have been busy with our regular readers and welcoming new ones from various departments – it is surprising how much our collection crosses disciplines!
There was a certain amount of excitement* when Kate finished the last of the BP section in her ongoing reclassification project, which is a big milestone as that was the largest section in the old classification. There are still some of the old BPs left as not all of them were easily reclassified, and these will shortly be moving to a new home close to their current location when we do the next round of book moves to use some of the space under the windows at the Ashmolean end of the library. (*Not really. There was a certain amount of “Wow, that took a long time…”, but then she did start in 2010).
This next move will happen during the Easter Vacation, in order to annoy disturb as few people as possible. We will also be moving the folios (large books) in the LC section into a new location at the far end of the back wall of that section, and we’ll make sure that the signs are kept up to date so people can find things again!
There are a couple of announcements for March. Firstly: the Vacation Loan period for the Easter Vacation will begin from next week, and books will be due back on the 29th April (Tuesday of 1st Week), and secondly, readers might be interested in this eBook workshop which is running at IT services to coincide with World Book day on 6th March: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/TIMIW
In wider Bodleian Libraries news, the Oriental Institute Library would like to congratulate Richard Ovenden on his appointment to the post of Bodley’s Librarian. Richard was here at OIL last year for the opening of the Window on Korea (below left), and we wish him all the best for his new role.
