Placement and internship case studies

I was interested in museums and archives and I looked forward to pursuing a career in archives and records management after graduation. I had never worked in archives outside Hong Kong, so the internship was a challenging and exciting opportunity for me to gain working experience in the UK.

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I submitted the online application and attended an interview.

I was responsible for cataloguing and digitising archival photographs.

In the morning I stayed in the reading room or office and worked on the cataloguing. In the afternoon, together with my supervisor, I stayed in the digitisation studio and digitised the catalogued photographs.

I enjoyed working in the archive and talked to the archivists and librarians there. I observed how they worked and I received advice about my career after graduation. I enjoyed looking at the photographs, especially the photographs of the lovely guide dogs.

As I was not familiar with British politics and politicians, identifying people and places within the photographs could be challenging.

I have learned the basic archival principles and skills in one of my modules and the internship allowed me to apply and practice the archival skills I had learned in class.

Don't worry even you don't have any background knowledge about the internship or discipline because you can always learn them during the internship.