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)