Last Day!

Well it is my last day today and what a year it has been. The time has flown by during which time I have met some lovely people, had the privilege of working with some wonderful material and learnt a lot about what is involved in running an archive service.

During my year I have

• Done a display in the performance centre to accompany the Kneehigh performance of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
• Completed a number of PowerPoint point displays for various events including the launch of the Gorsedh Kernow special collections launch, CSM reunion and 125th event and finally  the St Piran's day event.
• Produced a resource list for students researching the history of Tremough Campus
• Catalogued the Edwin Chirgwin Collection
• Gone on a 3 day placement with a Records Management Unit in London
• Created 2 exhibitions for the glass cabinet in the library: one for the special collection books and another for the 125th Anniversary of CSM
• Research into the Grotto site on Campus
• Audit of the archival stock
• Orders for supplies
• Digital Records course at Gloucestershire Archives
• Presentation to staff on digital records
• Assisted at a Public History day event
• Measured and ordered book covers
• Book Conservation course
• Supervised volunteers and visitors
• Visited St Ives Archive and University of Exeter Archive unit
• Catalogued the Camborne School of Mines Journals putting them onto CALM
• Answered enquiries

Just to name a few! This just emphasises the variety of work I have been lucky enough to be involved with.

It is going to seem very strange not to be here next week. I wish all the best to the new trainee and if they enjoy it half as much as I have, they will have a fabulous year.

So in Cornish style, Duw genes!