Absolutely delighted – and that’s no exaggeration – to see the Stationers’ Hall music at Aberdeen being studied with enjoyment by MSc placement student Dalia Garcia. I was thrilled to learn that Dalia’s been investigating some of the scores in this collection, and am equally excited to read this blogpost, bringing the collection to the attention of a wider audience – deservedly!
My name is Dalia Garcia and I am about to complete my MSc Information and Library Studies at Robert Gordon University. Looking back now I can say studying this course has been one of the best decisions I have ever taken, and my placement has contributed in great part to making me feel this way. I was lucky enough to be accepted as a placement student at the University of Aberdeen Special Collections Centre, situated on the lower ground floor of The Sir Duncan Rice Library. I was there for the month of April in a full-time learning position, under the supervision of Keith O’Sullivan, Senior Rare Books Librarian, and Jane Pirie, Rare Books Cataloguer.
I had the privilege of seeing such a dream team as the University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections working together on their day to day tasks of facilitating research through their books and archives…
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Karen McAulay, Musicologist 