s01e03 Matthew Shaw (The Queen's College Library, Oxford)
Episode 3, Jul 10, 2021, 04:16 AM
A conversation with Dr Matthew Shaw about the past, present, and future of librarianship, the British Library, Jack Kerouac, the wonderful library at The Queen's College, and more
Hosted by the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.
Music by Michele Tasin.
An interview with Dr Matthew Shaw– The Queen's College Library, Oxford
Recorded on 12.02.2021.
Contents:
0.13: introduction
SECTION 1 (general)
1.09: academia vs librarianship
2.48: academic ties
4.32: a librarian's research
4.51: different libraries (BL, IHR, QCL)
6.09: librarianship over the centuries
7.59: reopening with COVID-19
10.13: services for locked-down scholars
11.35: stereotypical librarians
SECTION 2 (London)
15.38: the Americas collection
18.33: Benjamin Franklin at the BL (2006)
19.23: choosing items
22.21: a spectacular item (Cicero's Cato)
23.51: feedback (and Franklin's glass harmonica)
24.47: Jack Kerouac at the BL (2012)
27.28: a single-item exhibition
29.48: exhibitions and lockdown
32.10: a librarian in London
SECTION 3 (the QCL)
34.14: a short history of the collection
38.15: a unique library
39.11: architecture
41.13: mysterious provenance (Miles Coverdale's Ghostly Psalms)
44.14: curious books (the devil's language)
45.44: the future of librarianship
48.33: the invention of newspaper
50.16: goodbyes
51.27: acknowledgements
If you like this podcast subscribe and give us a good rating and/or write a nice review. The first episode of my videocast series with Matthew Shaw, Parchment and Paper, is now available on YouTube, along with several other videos on our channel CMTC Media.
Thank you!
Gabriele Rota
Music by Michele Tasin.
An interview with Dr Matthew Shaw– The Queen's College Library, Oxford
Recorded on 12.02.2021.
Contents:
0.13: introduction
SECTION 1 (general)
1.09: academia vs librarianship
2.48: academic ties
4.32: a librarian's research
4.51: different libraries (BL, IHR, QCL)
6.09: librarianship over the centuries
7.59: reopening with COVID-19
10.13: services for locked-down scholars
11.35: stereotypical librarians
SECTION 2 (London)
15.38: the Americas collection
18.33: Benjamin Franklin at the BL (2006)
19.23: choosing items
22.21: a spectacular item (Cicero's Cato)
23.51: feedback (and Franklin's glass harmonica)
24.47: Jack Kerouac at the BL (2012)
27.28: a single-item exhibition
29.48: exhibitions and lockdown
32.10: a librarian in London
SECTION 3 (the QCL)
34.14: a short history of the collection
38.15: a unique library
39.11: architecture
41.13: mysterious provenance (Miles Coverdale's Ghostly Psalms)
44.14: curious books (the devil's language)
45.44: the future of librarianship
48.33: the invention of newspaper
50.16: goodbyes
51.27: acknowledgements
If you like this podcast subscribe and give us a good rating and/or write a nice review. The first episode of my videocast series with Matthew Shaw, Parchment and Paper, is now available on YouTube, along with several other videos on our channel CMTC Media.
Thank you!
Gabriele Rota