{"id":220,"date":"2013-12-05T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/?p=220"},"modified":"2013-12-05T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T14:16:47","slug":"volunteer-of-the-month-november-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/2013\/12\/05\/volunteer-of-the-month-november-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer of the Month &#8211; November 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2013\/12\/3G9A0900a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-223 aligncenter\" alt=\"3G9A0900a\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2013\/12\/3G9A0900a-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2013\/12\/3G9A0900a-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2013\/12\/3G9A0900a-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/files\/2013\/12\/3G9A0900a-624x384.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibitions Intern and Volunteer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was the Exhibitions Intern based in the CRC during the summer and I was tasked with the planning, design and curation of an exhibition which would be on display in the Main Library Exhibition Room over the winter.\u00a0 I used this opportunity to design an exhibition which is based on the theme of &#8220;cabinets of curiosity&#8221; and highlights the breadth of the University&#8217;s Collections.\u00a0 I have had a chance to work with a number of the collection curators and other staff within the CRC to help create the Collect.Ed exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As an undergraduate keen to develop a career in the museums and heritage sector, this has been a fantastic opportunity for me to gain valuable skills and experience in this highly competitive field.\u00a0 I hope that this exhibition will give other students, staff and visitors an opportunity to see some of the amazing items in the University&#8217;s collection and will be enjoyed as much as I enjoyed its creation and realisation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Collect.Ed will be open in the Main Library Exhibition Room until 1 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Smith Exhibitions Intern and Volunteer I was the Exhibitions Intern based in the CRC during the summer and I was tasked with the planning, design and curation of an exhibition which would be on display in the Main Library Exhibition Room over the winter.\u00a0 I used this opportunity to design an exhibition which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7IvFh-3y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/universitycollectionsvolunteers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}