WELCOME TO AKME'S BODLEYWORLD SUB-INDEX New Oxford triumph: Bodleian to become Academe's first underwater library "The floors carrying the stacks under Broad St and the Radcliffe Camera penetrate up to four levels below street level. The water table in the alluvial gravels approaches street level during the wet season and rests only a few metres below it at other times. In effect, these storage facilities are like large tanks sitting in a surrounding lake." - John Hood, 3/5/2005 left: Artist's impression of the New Bod, to be called HMS Shedloanian, twinned with the Dimtanic. right: November 2006: the Aquabook scheme underway in Radcliffe Square: "water pouring in, money pouring out."

9/3/2001 The Oxford Times Bodleian plan faces tough opposition.

16/3/2001 The Oxford Times Staff condemn 'cynical' plan for Bodleian. News report and letters.

18/3/2001 The Observer Anger over plan to turn Bodleian into 'theme-park'*. News feature by Vanessa Thorpe.

March 2005 ESTABLISHMENT REVIEW (pdf file) Oxford's secret plans to build world's first underwater library (large file, e-mailed on request to akme@btinternet.com).

31/3/2005* The Daily Telegraph Dons fearful over plans for Radcliffe Camera. Report by John Clare.

1/4/2005* The Times Higher (Education Supplement) Bodleian may not survive cuts intact. Report by Tony Tysome & Roger Waite.

8/4/2005* The Oxford Times University faces revolt on libraries. Report by Reg Little on the Osney Mad underwater scheme.

15/4/2005 The Oxford Times Primary duties. Letters by Professor Paul Slack, Michael Erben.

15/4/2005* The Oxford Times Institutions with a limited shelf-life. In-depth report by Reg Little, featuring dirty tricks and gagged staff.

21/4/2005 The Times Literary Supplement Unrevealed plans. Letter by Brigid Allen.

22/4/2005 The Oxford Magazine The Great Oxford Library Disaster. Letter by Brigid Allen, featuring Homo Protobibliothecarius Bodleianus.

21/4/2005 The Oxford Student Cuts And Closures Planned As Libraries Tackle Huge Deficits, Student Library Assistants To Lose Out In Staff Pay Cuts. Reports by Alex Baker and Rachel Cornwell.

3/2/2006 The Oxford Times 'Bodleian store will ruin view'. City of dreaming sheds.

3/2/2006 The Oxford Magazine The Newly Proposed University Libraries Building. Article by John Ashdown and Debbie Dance: How did a scheme so damaging get so far?

9/2/2006 The Oxford Student £2 million library cuts planned. Report by Annie McDermott.

16/11/2006 Cherwell Bod work continues after cobbling blunders. Harry Kretchmer reports on a load of old cobbles.

24/11/2006 The Oxford Times Cobbles put a dampener on underground library. Aquabook scheme underway: water pouring in, money pouring out.

21/2/2007 The Independent A double-first at the Bodleian library as US woman takes over. Report by Richard Garner on the appointment of Dr Sarah Thomas as Bodley's Rear-Admiral. Gosh, a woman!

2/3/2007 The Oxford Times & Mail £490m plan for infirmary site, plus £29m book store. The concreting of Oxford continues.

19/4/2007 Oxford Student New library site to be built (sic). Report by Hannah Kuchler and Madhumita Venkataramanan.

27/7/2007 The Guardian Floods delay new Oxford library building. Underwater report by Donald MacLeod.

17/9/2007 The Guardian Solution or disaster? Bodleian's plan for £29m store divides Oxford. Disaster report by Maev Kennedy.

21/9/2007* The Oxford Times Turning a £29m leaf. Full-page feature article by Reg Little: Bodleian Library awaits critical planning decision.

28/9/2007 The Guardian Riverside expansion for Bodleian library approved. Underwater report by Donald MacLeod.

5/10/2007 The Oxford Times University book depository plan to be looked at again. Cold water hits new library.

16/11/2007 The Oxford Times Opposition grows to book store plan. New library sinking?

20/11/2007 Cherwell Plans for New Bodleian Depository Rejected. Report by Sian Cox-Brooker.

23/11/2007 The Oxford Times Book depository proposal rejected by city councillors. New library sunk?