Bodleian Library hub houses 10 million books

Name: Bodleian Library's Wiltshire storage hub has 10 million books
Uploaded: 2024-10-19T06:35:40.757Z
Duration: 45 s
Description: The huge warehouse near Swindon has 150 miles of shelving, which also hold maps and artefacts.

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More than 10 million books, maps and artefacts belonging to Oxford University's world-famous Bodleian Library are stored in a warehouse near Swindon.

The unassuming building in South Marston houses the huge collection on shelving which in total covers 150 miles and is stretched over 10-metre-high aisles.

Staff collect the books as requested and send them to the reading rooms in Oxford.

Video journalist: Emma Colman

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England

19 October