An exploration of thebook collections of JohnCouch Adams and SamuelSandars

摘要

A slightly different version of this poster was created for the LIS DIS conference in 2015, and was based on mydissertation for the MA LIS at UCL, written under Anne Welsh’s supervision in 2013. It aimed to present twobook collectors, John Couch Adams (1819 –1892) and Samuel Sandars (1837-1894), who bequeathed theircollections to Cambridge University Library. The dissertation studied the parallel lives and bequests of the twomen. I have chosen to keep the parallel aspect for the poster. My aim in this revised version is to present thedifference in the way the two collections were processed.