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Subject: Re: [ANZMapS] Job vancancy: Royal Librarian
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:48:07 +1000
From: Victor Prescott <[log in to unmask]>
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CC: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Brendan, Perhaps you can both go to London to organise the Royal
Library!
Victor
On 09/07/2013, at 10:20 AM, Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> The Queen is looking for a librarian to take care of her 125,000
> books, manuscripts and maps (singing: "from Agincourt to Waterloo in
> order chronological...").
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> Job advertisement
> https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTM0MzEzOCZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NDgmb3duZXI9NTA0MDk2OSZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMTEmcmVxc2lnPTEzNzMzMjg4OTEtMmY1NDZmZTk3YjIwMGRmOTcyMGM1Y2Q0ZWJiYzY4Mjc0ZTYxOTllZA==
>
> short article in the Telegraph:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10163060/Wanted-Royal-librarian-to-look-after-the-Queens-125000-titles.html
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> It is a bookworm’s dream job: the Royal Collection is advertising for
> a librarian to look after the Queen’s 125,000 titles.
> It is seeking “an exceptional scholar and bibliophile” to run the
> Royal Library at Windsor Castle for Ł53,000 per year. The library
> contains one of the world’s finest collections of Old Master Drawings,
> including the largest group of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.
> It also has a unique collection comprising over 4,500 military maps
> and documents, spanning the four centuries from Agincourt to Waterloo.
> The current Royal Librarian is Lady Roberts, who was appointed in
> 2002. Her husband, Sir Hugh Roberts, was the director of the Royal
> Collection and surveyor of the Queen
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/>’s works
> of art until 2010.
> The requirements are “a strong scholarly background with in depth
> knowledge of history (particularly British), bibliography and a record
> of publishing, lecturing and academic research”.
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