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Richard Ovenden is Director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Balliol College. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2019, is a member of the American Philosophical Society, and serves as Treasurer of the Consortium of European Research Libraries and President of the Digital Preservation Coalition.

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	Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge 3.71 avg rating — 1,749 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bovadium Fragments: Together with The Origins of Bovadium by J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Ovenden, Christopher Tolkien (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Tales Never End: Essays in memory of Christopher Tolkien by Richard Ovenden (Editor), Catherine McIlwaine (Editor), Maxime H. Pascal (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Richard Ovenden, Gabriela Redwine 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Mondes de Christopher Tolkien : Hommage pour son centenaire by Vincent Ferré, Baillie Tolkien, Alan Lee 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Thomson (1837-1921): Photographer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rare Richard Ovenden / JOHN THOMSON 1837-1921 PHOTOGRAPHER Signed 1st Edition 1997 [Hardcover] Ovenden, Richard 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing and Not Believing: The Photography of Allan Chasanoff by Monika Sziladi, Richard Ovenden (Preface) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie meets The Bodleian Library by Maggie Lee, Naomi Hillman (Narrator), Joanna Trollope (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“And then Bodley put his money where his mouth was and disinherited his own family.”
― Richard Ovenden, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

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“As more and more of the world’s memory is placed online we are effectively outsourcing that memory to the major technology companies that now control the internet.”
― Richard Ovenden, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

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“The antiquaries’ obsession with the past preserved it for the future.”
― Richard Ovenden, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

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