Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new publishing partnership with the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, to publish The Bodleian Library Record beginning in October 2024.
The Bodleian Library Record (BLR) is the journal of the Bodleian Libraries. First published in 1914 (as The Bodleian Quarterly Record), it fulfils two roles, serving both as a scholarly journal for articles based on research in the Bodleian’s collections and those of other Oxford libraries, and as a record of significant developments within the Libraries.
The BLR is committed to the publication of research which enhances scholarship and extends understanding of the collections, raising issues of interest to bibliophiles, librarians and Friends of the Bodleian, and those Sir Thomas Bodley called the ‘Republic of the Learned’. It also includes short articles on acquisitions to the Bodleian Libraries collections and reviews of its exhibitions and publications.
Clare Hooper, Director of Journals Publishing said:
“We are absolutely delighted to be working with the Bodleian Libraries to publish the distinguished Bodleian Library Record from 2024. It’s also incredibly exciting that the journal archive will be made available online for the first time.”
Samuel Fanous, Head of Publishing at Bodleian Library Publishing said:
“For over a century the Bodleian has published scholarly research articles based on the Libraries’ rich collections, as well as information about the institution in the BLR. We are delighted to partner with LUP to bring this wealth of new and historic research to readers, who will now be able to access this vast archive electronically.”
The first issue under the new publishing agreement will be published in October 2024 and will be fully available online at Liverpool University Press. Online access to the archive of the journal is also available for the first time and is available to all Friends of the Bodleian, institutions can also purchase online access in perpetuity via the Bodleian Library Record Archive.
Please send any questions or queries on the new partnership to clare.hooper@liverpool.ac.uk.
ISSN 0067-9488 (Print) ISSN 3029-0465 (Online).
About the Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library – the Bodleian Library – which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 26 libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department, and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 14 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art, and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian’s Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
The Bodleian Library Record Archive is a newly digitised archive of the journal, The Bodleian Library Record. Dating back to 1914, this is the first time that access to this valuable resource has been made available online, allowing a wider audience access and opening up new possibilities in scholarship that extends the understanding of the Bodleian’s collections and those of other Oxford libraries, and raising issues of interest to bibliophiles, librarians, and Friends of the Bodleian.
Liverpool University Press is pleased to offer your library the unique opportunity to purchase all content published in The Bodleian Library Record from 1914 to 2004, with no online hosting fees and access available in perpetuity.
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