The life of a European cataloguer - cataloguing from the 17th Century into the present

摘要

During my study of an MA in History the subjects of Palaeography and Archival Sciences appeared. I had never previously considered the creativity and imagination needed to understand old documents; Palaeography fascinated me. And when related to Archival Science, for example studying the history of an old institution, I was in my element. It was this subject matter that led me to undertake a Library and Information Science degree in 2009. During this time I also worked as a part-time trainee within the Historical Archives at the University of Barcelona and as a volunteer at the Central Public Library of Thessaloniki (Greece).