Managing and developing the collections at the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford WESLINE conference 2 – 3 September 2013 Catríona Cannon Associate Director, Collection Support, & Acting Deputy Librarian Bodleian Libraries

Bodleian Libraries Organisation Charts

Collection statistics Total catalogued book stock11,244,795 Number of additions to stock170,864 Number of electronic books purchased484,585 Number of serial titles purchased in electronic form only22,255 Number of electronic databases purchased502

Materials budget £6.1m Subjects covered: Humanities: Ancient Near East, Art and Architecture, Celtic, Children’s Books, China and Inner Asia, Classics and Ancient History, Egyptology, English, Film Studies, French, Frisian, German, Hebraica, Judaica, and Semitics, History, Italian, Linguistics, Modern Greek, Music, Numismatics, Philosophy, Portuguese, Slavonic Literature and Language, Spanish, Theology, US Studies. Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences: Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Forestry, Materials, Mathematics, Ornithology, Physics, Plant Sciences, Plant Taxonomy, Statistics, Zoology. Medical Sciences: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Clinical Medicine, Experimental Psychology, Genetics, Health Care, Human Sciences, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Preclinical Medicine, Primary Care, Psychology. Social Sciences: African Studies, Archaeology, Business, Commonwealth Studies, Criminology, Development Studies, Economics, Education, Environment, Evidence Based Social Intervention, Finance, Geography, International Relations, Internet & Media Studies, Japan, Korea, Latin American Studies, Law, Maps, Management, Middle East & Islamic Studies, Migration, Official Papers, Oriental Studies, Political Science, Refugee Studies, Slavonic, Central and Eastern European Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social Policy, Socio-Legal Studies, Sociology, South Asia, South East Asia, Tibetan Studies.