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12/10/12 Oxford - on the left Old Bodleian Library, centre Exeter collage chapel and on the right the Sheldonion Theater.
Catte Street | Oxford | Oxfordshire | UK
51°45'14.7169" N 1°15'15.5527" W
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library. It is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom, and under Irish law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or "the Bod", it operates principally as a reference library and, in general, documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.