Tag / Cataloguing
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Introducing the new Archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society
For this week’s blog post I thought I would introduce myself to you all as the new Archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society and my background in getting to where I am…
16 October 2020 -
Much achieved, much still to be done
There are very few blog posts now, that I will get chance to write before I leave the Society. Therefore, I thought I would take the opportunity to complete writing about the…
10 September 2020 -
Missing Malayalam Manuscripts
We are delighted to feature another blog post from previous RAS Librarian Kathy Lazenbatt, who recently finished cataloguing the RAS Whish Collection of South Indian Manuscripts. When I was re-boxing the RAS…
8 December 2017 -
South Indian Sanskrit Manuscripts now catalogued online
Records for one of the lesser-known sets of manuscripts in the RAS have now been added to the online catalogue. Kathy Lazenbatt, who was the Society’s Librarian between 2004 and 2014, recently…
5 October 2017 -
Reflections on work experience at the RAS
We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to do a week of work experience at the RAS. During the week, we researched and created a display on Sir George Thomas Staunton,…
19 August 2016 -
Cataloguing and more on a work placement at the RAS
We are pleased to publish below a post by Jamie Stokes, who recently completed a work placement at the Society as part of his Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies. Work Placement…
27 May 2016
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