{"id":97769,"date":"2024-11-29T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=97769"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:59:09","slug":"retiring-brock-archivist-turns-page-on-35-year-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/11\/retiring-brock-archivist-turns-page-on-35-year-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring Brock archivist turns page on 35-year career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Adams (BA \u201989) is closing the book on her storied career after 35 years of sharing and preserving information through the Brock University Library.<\/p>\n<p>The Archives Processing Specialist retired on Friday, Nov. 29. Adams began her career at Brock as a part-time library assistant while completing her undergraduate studies in the Niagara region. Over the years, she held a variety of roles, including Circulation Desk Assistant and Supervisor of the Listening Room, before joining Archives and Special Collections in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Adams described her time working in the archives as a highlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read personal letters from the famous and infamous, uncovered secrets from hundreds of years ago and enjoyed every minute of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Adams was instrumental in organizing some of the University\u2019s most complex collections, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/dr.library.brocku.ca\/handle\/10464\/6430\">Woodruff Family Fonds<\/a>, a project which took nine months and earned national recognition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe personal nature of these collections is what I find so fascinating,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThey contain stories that are sometimes dark but captivating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Adams completed work on the St. Catharines Standard collection, calling it \u201ca huge project with endlessly varied stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Sharron, Head of Archives and Special Collections, praised Adams for her meticulous work and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnne has spent months and years on individual collections, transforming them into neatly organized resources with detailed finding aids that help researchers locate exactly what they need,\u201d Sharron said. \u201cWhat we will miss most about Anne is her grace, humour and unwavering commitment to helping students, faculty and researchers succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams credits her colleagues and supportive workplace for making her time at Brock fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky to have wonderful colleagues and bosses,\u201d she said. \u201cBrock has been a great place to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Adams (BA \u201989) is closing the book on her storied career after 35 years of sharing and preserving information through the Brock University Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":97770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[13403,2732,5682,13402,13404,2701,703,3059,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97773,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97769\/revisions\/97773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}