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A week in the life of …
What does a music librarian do? Here’s a typical week while the students are on vacation … Read More
A Lesson in Being Prepared
I was determined to provide audio clips for my Minstrels and Metaphors paper at IAML 2011 in Dublin this week. I engaged a thoroughly modern minstrel (one of our students). We rehearsed, and I booked the studio. Unfortunately, even modern … Read More
The PostDoc Doc writes again
So, what did I do in my first postdoctoral year, and what happened next? I’ll tell you! I remained in the same full-time job. I wrote, delivered and published papers. I even submitted a book proposal. Until, suddenly, it was … Read More
To Post-doc or not to Post-doc: is this a question?
As a doctoral student the first time round, I struggled to imagine myself conducting a seminar or giving a lecture. This struggle, allied to the knowledge that postdoctoral positions were thin on the ground, certainly influenced my decision to pursue … Read More
Tagged: Decisions, Postdoc, Postdoctoral positions
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Finding short-cuts
I could write a book on how to juggle a full-time job and a research career! My own story is certainly not intended as a blueprint! I can’t say there weren’t disadvantages to juggling. A trip to Glasgow University for … Read More
Why do research? Why climb mountains?!
In my last posting, I introduced you to my chosen area of research, Scottish song-collecting in the late 18th and 19th centuries. So, just how did I arrive there? I needed a research subject that interested and motivated me, because … Read More
Scottish song? But you’re not even Scottish!
So there I was, a recycled postgrad in my mid-forties. My choice of research subject evinced a wide variety of comments. Why had a Sassenach chosen to research Scottish song collectors? Why had I chosen a subject so very different … Read More
The Hybrid
I describe myself as a Librarian/Musicologist. That’s not my job-title, so I’d better start by explaining my pendulum-like career trajectory to date. Since graduating from Durham in 1979, I’ve gone from research to librarianship (academic, then public, then academic) – … Read More
