Joseph Bowles (1692 or 1693 – 1729) was an English librarian, who served as Bodley's Librarian, the head of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, from 1719 until his death.
The Bodleian Library ( ) is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.
 With over 12 million items, it is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library.
 Under the "Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003" it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland.
 Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or "the Bod", it operates principally as a reference library and, in general, documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.
David Sean Ferriero ( ; born December 31, 1945) is a librarian, a library administrator, and the 10th Archivist of the United States.
 He was Director of the New York Public Library, and before that, the University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University.
 Prior to his Duke position, he worked for 31 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology library.
 Ferriero is the first librarian to serve as Archivist of the United States.
The Fort Frontenac Library, located within the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Fort Frontenac, Kingston, Ontario, is the main research library for the Canadian Army.
 Established in 1947 this library is one of the oldest collections of volumes, monographs, documents, and artifacts dedicated to the study of conflict and land warfare in the Canadian context.
 The Fort Frontenac Library assists the army's advanced officer development programs as well as its research and development communities across the country.
 The current Chief Librarian is Mr. David Willis.
Thomas James (c. 1573 – August 1629) was an English librarian, first librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Clement Walker Andrews (January 13, 1858 – November 20, 1930) is an American librarian.
 Andrews graduated from Harvard University in 1880 and served as an instructor in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1883-1892.
 He served as librarian at the Institute from 1889-1895.
 Andrews served as the first librarian of John Crerar Library from 1895 until his retirement in 1928.
 His contributions to the profession of Library Science include the introduction of catalog card exchanges between libraries and printed lists of current periodicals.
The James Hardiman Library (Irish: "Leabharlann Shéamais Uí Argadáin" ) is the main library at NUI Galway in Ireland.
 It is situated on the main campus, beside the Arts/Science Concourse, the Arts Millennium Building and Áras na Gaelige.
 It is named after James Hardiman who was the first Librarian in the university.
 According to the library newsletter from February 2009, the library spans four floors and houses 424,843 books and 1,645 study spaces.
 The new Midwifery and Nursing library extension opened in June 2009.
 The extension was to house the nursing library which was previously located in Dangan.
Klas August Linderfelt (1847 – March 18, 1900) was an American librarian.
 A native of Sweden, he emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became a teacher and a librarian.
 As the first librarian of the Milwaukee Public Library, he became a significant figure in the city and in the library profession, becoming the seventh President of the American Library Association.
 He left both the city and the profession permanently following his arrest for embezzlement.
The head of the Bodleian Library, the main library at the University of Oxford, is known as Bodley's Librarian: Sir Thomas Bodley, as founder, gave his name to both the institution and the position.
 Although there had been a university library at Oxford since about 1320, it had declined by the end of the 16th century.
 It was "denuded" of its books in 1550 in the time of King Edward VI when "superstitious books and images" that did not comply with the prevailing Anglican view were removed.
 Poor management and inadequate financial resources have also been blamed for the state of the library.
 In the words of one history of the university, "as a public institution, the Library had ceased to function."
 Bodley volunteered in 1598 to restore it; the university accepted the offer, and work began soon thereafter.
 The first librarian, Thomas James, was selected by Bodley in 1599.
 The Bodleian opened in 1602, and the university confirmed James in his post.
 Bodley wanted the librarian to be "some one that is noted and known for a diligent student, and in all his conversation to be trusty, active, and discrete, a graduate also and a linguist, not encumbered with marriage, nor with a benefice of Cure" (i.e. not a parish priest).
 James, however, was able to persuade Bodley to let him marry and become Rector of St Aldate's Church, Oxford.
Sir John Ballinger CBE (12 May 1860 – 8 January 1933) was a Welsh librarian, the first librarian at the National Library of Wales.
 He was described by a later librarian at the National Library, Andrew Green, as "one of the most distinguished professional librarians of his time".

Question: Thomas James was an English librarian, and the first librarian of the main research library of the University of Oxford, which has how many items?
Answer: over 12 million