Other work during his time as Director of Oxford University Library Services and Bodley's Librarian included setting up the Oxford Digital Library, extending the scope of legal deposit to cover electronic publications, and significant work on buildings and fundraising.
[2] During his time as Bodley's Librarian, he was also a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
[4] Carr's academic and professional publications include Anarchism in France: the case of Octave Mirbeau (1977) (based on his M.A.
thesis), The Mandrake Press, 1929-30 (Cambridge University Library, 1985), An Introduction to University Library Administration (Clive Bingley, 1987, joint publication) and The Academic Research Library in a Decade of Change (Chandos, 2007), as well as numerous articles in both professional and academic journals.
[1] He has co-authored a comprehensive analysis of the use of the word 'Spirit' in the New Testament,[5] and has written a study guide to the Biblical book of Micah,[6] a collection of essays on Christadelphian faith, life and history,[7] and several tracts about issues of Christian faith (The Miracle of the Bible: The word of God in print[8] and The Christian and Politics[9]).