Bodleian Library study visit

Our University Foundation Course students from our International College of Further Education went on a study visit to the Bodleian Library as part of a blended learning sequence of lessons on digital literacy.

The library provided stimulating information about the first library cataloguing system which was developed when books were originally chained to the shelves to protect them from theft. Students learnt about the generosity of the Duke of Humfrey who donated 281 books to the library at a time when books were worth a vast fortune, and also Thomas Bodley who rescued the library after 300 books were burnt in the reformation. Thanks to these two individuals the Bodleian library developed into the national treasure that it is today.

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February