Richard Ovenden

Sunday 28th September 11.30

Richard Ovenden is Head Librarian at The Bodleian Library. He has published widely on the history of collecting, the history of photography and on professional concerns of the library, archive, and information world.

An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of knowledge is vital for the survival of civilization itself.

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