The value of cataloguing

摘要

This year’s conference was the first time I’d been able to attend since joining the group, although I’ve been to afew CIG library visits before. It was a very intense couple of days, which I blogged about on my return and wasthen asked to write up for the newsletter from the perspective of a conference newbie. As others have writtenaccounts of it elsewhere, and the conference presentations are avail-able on the website, these are just someof the thoughts and reflections I brought away with me. They are very much from the perspective of a specialcollections librarian (I was Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian at the Royal College of Physicianswhen I attended the conference, although I have since started a new job at Brunel University).