Access to Oxford University Press materials
increased
The
Bodleian Libraries have signed a new agreement with Oxford University Press
(OUP), to significantly increase reader access to all current OUP online
content.
Launched on 1 January 2014, the new agreement means library readers can now access over 4000 books in selected subjects from 14 partner university presses, including Chicago and Yale. Readers can also access over 20,000 e-books, plus extra databases; a considerable increase from the amount of content previously accessible, which was selected on a case-by-case basis by subject librarians.
Among the new collections fully available are the Oxford Scholarly Editions, the British Academy Publications and the Oxford Language Dictionaries. The full collections in Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Bibliographies Online are also accessible. Links to the e-books and databases can be found in SOLO, the Oxford Libraries online catalogues, and OxLip+, the Libraries online information platform.
Launched on 1 January 2014, the new agreement means library readers can now access over 4000 books in selected subjects from 14 partner university presses, including Chicago and Yale. Readers can also access over 20,000 e-books, plus extra databases; a considerable increase from the amount of content previously accessible, which was selected on a case-by-case basis by subject librarians.
Among the new collections fully available are the Oxford Scholarly Editions, the British Academy Publications and the Oxford Language Dictionaries. The full collections in Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Bibliographies Online are also accessible. Links to the e-books and databases can be found in SOLO, the Oxford Libraries online catalogues, and OxLip+, the Libraries online information platform.
Lyon & Turnbull
A
rare and incomplete copy of T. E. Lawrence’s book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which was valued
at £20,000 sold at Lyon & Turnbull recently for £42,050 to an anonymous
private buyer. The ‘Cranwell’ edition is one of 32 incomplete copies – from an
edition of 211 copies – signed by the author to Major H.M. “Harry” Goldie, with
a note saying “You, having been one of us, get (if you want it) a gratis copy
of the text of the subscribers edition. I stipulated this in my letter to the
subscribers. It’s exactly the same text as they have, but has none of the
illustrations… I take it, from your letter, that you’d like one of these private
copies, & shall send it to you when it’s ready…”
The lot also included an original photograph of T.E. Lawrence, Dr Hogarth and Col. Dawnay, an autograph letter signed from King Hussein to Harry Goldie, in Arabic, dated 23/11/37 and the Order of Service for T.E. Lawrence’s funeral at St. Nicholas, Moreton.
The lot also included an original photograph of T.E. Lawrence, Dr Hogarth and Col. Dawnay, an autograph letter signed from King Hussein to Harry Goldie, in Arabic, dated 23/11/37 and the Order of Service for T.E. Lawrence’s funeral at St. Nicholas, Moreton.
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Library of Congress Announces 2014 Events for "The Life of a Poet" Series
The
Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress announces the 2014
schedule for “The Life of a Poet”, a series of in-depth discussions. The
Library partners with Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital and The Washington
Post to present this series and offer behind-the-scenes conversations with some
of the country’s most important poets.
All events will be moderated by Ron Charles, fiction editor of The Washington Post, and will take place at 7pm. at Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The events are free and open to the public. Reservations, however, are required. For more information, visit www.hillcenterdc.org or call 001 202 549-4172.
First on the Schedule is:
Carl Phillips, Thursday, 6 February
Phillips is the author of 12 collections of poetry, including Double Shadow, winner of the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
All events will be moderated by Ron Charles, fiction editor of The Washington Post, and will take place at 7pm. at Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The events are free and open to the public. Reservations, however, are required. For more information, visit www.hillcenterdc.org or call 001 202 549-4172.
First on the Schedule is:
Carl Phillips, Thursday, 6 February
Phillips is the author of 12 collections of poetry, including Double Shadow, winner of the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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