And me. Those little boxes behind me are an example of James Murray's system of research. Slips of paper were filed and organized, each with a parenthetical reference of a word he would research and use in the OED.
Journey Through Time: The Oxford University Press May 14th 2008 The Oxford University Press has a long reputation for academic publishing, providing libraries with reliable and useful information. But the tour we received at the publishing house today opened my eyes to so many wonderful things about this historical company. A few years after the Gutenberg printing press was discovered the OUP was learning and employing the new methods of printing in order to p ... read more
Europe » United Kingdom » England » Oxfordshire » Oxford Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
I'm a library and information sciences graduate student visiting Oxford, England for a short, two-week program. The oldest English library is in Oxford where I will be learning about the history of libraries. If you'd like to see what I've been up to lately, I'll be continuing my blogging at this site.... full info