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[brrm]

Many thanks to sesquipedality, who suggested a tour of the Bodleian. I've been in Oxford for *mumblenearlyten* years now, and I had no idea you could tour some of the areas we saw today.

I took some pictures (flickr link).

Fascinating from start to finish. Particular highlights for me included the mechanism for transporting books along the tunnels (which they're probably going to rip out, boo!) and a shelf of children's books our guide pulled out from among the racks. It was beautifully colourful, like a little rack of jewels among the 2 million or so books in that area. Sadly, I was unable to take a picture of the latter.

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[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That sounds rather wonderful.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

Splendid. Thank you. I did this tour as a trainee librarian but I didn't realise the general tours included the stacks and the conveyor - I'm pleased they do.

[brrm.livejournal.com]

This was the 'extended' tour, so it's possible the standard one doesn't. But the stacks are the best bit! :-)