Richard Ovenden (born 25 March 1964) is a British librarian and author of John Thomson (1837–1921): photographer (1997), a study of the Scottish photographer.
Ovenden was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Kent and at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating in 1985. He has worked at Durham University Library, the House of Lords Library, the National Library of Scotland and at the University of Edinburgh, where he was responsible for Collection Management within the Library, for Special Collections and Archives, and for the University Museums and Art Gallery.
Since 2003 he has been Keeper of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, and Associate Director, at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the Bodleian's Centre for the Study of the Book.
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