It’s always interesting to hear about what people are researching in the library. That’s part of the thinking behind this ‘who’s researching what?’ section of the blog. It’s really inspiring to read about the work being done by research fellows like May Bo Ching – the staff here know that the NMM collections are magic, but the point of an archive and library is to share them with others as well.
What would be really lovely however, is to hear more from you – our archive and library users – about your research inspirations and journeys. I was thinking about this a couple of months back, when I discovered the art notebook of a flickr user, someone who had visited us last year. It was really exciting to see a memento of someone’s visit – complete with a sketch of Captain James Cook and his large nose.
It’s also very nice to hear that people have enjoyed their visit to the Museum, as expressed in these blogposts by Anne and Mandy, who visited us last year as part of their British Studies course. I particularly like Mandy’s take on ‘Admiral Lord Nelson’s love letters’ – scroll down for her description of his letters to Emma Hamilton as “hot and steamy”.
So, if you have something to share about your experience with the library and manuscript collections, please do comment. Or if you’d like to write a guest piece for our ‘Who’s researching what?’ section, send me an email at: library@nmm.ac.uk.
Renee (Digital Resources Librarian)
That’s my flickr set you’re linking to!:) I had a wonderful time at the museum and the library, even though I didn’t have much time to do my research, as my trip to London was very brief. But what I found did help me finish my master’s thesis, and the photographs the library kindly allowed me to take added a bit of flavour to the pages. I’ve since graduated and the thesis was very well received, but I’m still obsessed with the story of the Bounty, so no doubt I’ll return to the Caird Library some day with more time to spend browsing the catalogue.
Thank you again for all your help. I don’t remember the names of the people at the desk who were so nice to me, I’m sorry, but if anyone ever tells me librarians are a grumpy and inaccessible sort, I’ll point them towards Greenwich.
Comment by rodia April 9, 2008 @ 8:23 am