DURHAM University's former assistant librarian Richard Caddel has died.
Mr Caddel, who joined the university in 1972, was known for his work in the university's Documentation Centre.
Mr Caddel's funeral will take place this Friday at 11.30am at the city's crematorium.
Mr Caddel, who was also a poet, was a key player in setting up the university's archive dedicated to Northumberland poet Basil Bunting.
He continued as co-director of the Basil Bunting Poetry Centre after he retired in 2000 as assistant librarian.
Librarian John Hall said: "Mr Caddel enhanced the status of the Documentation Centre through his tireless work with the European Community."
Donations, in lieu of flowers, to Leukaemia Research.
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