For our AGM this year, we were lucky to be hosted at the wonderful Trinity College, by Steven Archer.
Steven joined us to talk about his career in Libraries, and his work to date, and his role at Trinity College Library. His passion for libraries was clear from the start, having worked in public libraries in Sunderland where he realised libraries were a ‘community that needed you!’.
Realising that a career in Librarianship was for him he was a Graduate Trainee at Trinity before he studied for a Masters in Librarianship at University College London whilst continuing to work at Trinity for a year in a job share, along with a brief part-time stint at Newnham College.
Steven spoke passionately about the different roles that he has held during his career in Libraries to date, but he always knew from that first job at Trinity, that one day he would want to work there longer and after several different jobs, including a time in Oxford, he finally made that dream a reality, and in 2020 became the Sub-Librarian at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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| Steven Archer, Sub-Librarian, Trinity College |
At Trinity, Steven oversees a large team of staff and volunteers and is responsible for the running of all of library services comprising the College Library, the Wren Library, the College Archive and the Wren Digital Library.
After the talk, attendees were lucky to be able to have a tour of the Wren Library, and saw the first edition of Shakespeare’s work, mini books, and various other manuscripts.
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| Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge |
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| Tiny Book |
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| Manuscript, Wren Library |
A huge thank you to Steven Archer for hosting a wonderful evening, and for taking the time show us the Wren Library.
Post contributed by Katherine Burchell, Social Media Editor
Photo credit: CLG Committee
