Bodleian Library

Summary

Bodleian Library is an academic library^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of academic_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,270 views/month, #1 of 141).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bodleian Library was a member of Research Libraries UK^[3].
• Bodleian Library was a member of British and Irish Committee on Map Information and Cataloguing Systems^[4].
• Bodleian Library was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions^[5].
• Bodleian Library is located in England^[6].
• Bodleian Library is in the country of United Kingdom^[7].
• Bodleian Library's instance of is recorded as academic library^[8].
• Bodleian Library's founder is recorded as Thomas Bodley^[9].
• Thomas Bodley is named after Bodleian Library^[10].
• The location of Bodleian Library was Oxford^[11].
• Bodleian Library's child organization or unit is recorded as UK Web Archive^[12].
• Bodleian Library is part of Bodleian Libraries^[13].
• Bodleian Library's Commons category is recorded as Bodleian Library^[14].
• Bodleian Library's archives at is recorded as Bodleian Library Special Collections^[15].
• Bodleian Library comprises Bodleian Library Special Collections^[16].
• 1602 marks the founding of Bodleian Library^[17].
• Bodleian Library's OS grid reference is recorded as SP5155006415^[18].
• Bodleian Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.753972222222, 'lon': -1.2551388888889}^[19].
• Bodleian Library's located on street is recorded as Broad Street^[20].
• Bodleian Library's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bodleian Libraries^[21].
• Bodleian Library's official website is recorded as https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/old-library^[22].
• Bodleian Library's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bodleian Library^[23].
• Bodleian Library's described at URL is recorded as http://textinc.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/^[24].
• Bodleian Library's director / manager is recorded as Richard Ovenden^[25].
• Bodleian Library's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Bodleian Library's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Founding

Bodleian Library's founder is recorded as Thomas Bodley^[9]. 1602 marks the founding of it^[17].

Identity

Bodleian Library is part of Bodleian Libraries^[13].

Leadership

Bodleian Library's director / manager is recorded as Richard Ovenden^[25].

Operations

Bodleian Library's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bodleian Libraries^[21]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as UK Web Archive^[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Bodleian Library include Codex Bodley^[28], a manuscript^[29].

Why It Matters

Bodleian Library ranks in the top 0.71% of academic_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,270 views/month, #1 of 141).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Works attributed to it include Bod-Inc Online^[32], an online catalog^[33]. Entities named for it include Codex Bodley^[28], a manuscript^[29].