Once a month, I will introduce you to some of our staff here at the Library. There are 300 people working here all playing a vital role in the day to day running of the Library….meet Jaimie!
Name: Jaimie Thomas
Job Title: Exhibitions Officer
Describe your role: I’m responsible for coordinating a mixed programme of internal and external exhibitions, and also act as registrar coordinating loans to exhibitions in and out of the Library.
What do you like most about your job: I’m very lucky that I get to travel and work with all sorts of people from artists to museum professionals. I love the fact that I have multiple deadlines and projects on the go at any one time, and that every project is different and presents me with new exciting challenges. I’m part of a small yet dynamic team with a ‘can do’ attitude – often to our detriment! I feel extremely privileged to be able to share the amazing collections of the Library; whether it is with a local museum in Wales or on an international level, this is what motivates me the most.
Favourite item: I can’t answer that – it would be like asking a mother to choose a favourite from one of her children! I have a fondness for the Library’s art collection as this was one of the first things I worked with when I was apprenticed here in 1999.
What are you working on at the moment: In the short term I’m in the final stages of preparing for our Autumn season of exhibitions, all of which are very diverse: ‘4 Books: Welsh Icons United’, a once in a lifetime opportunity to see most important Welsh medieval manuscripts under one roof, an exhibition on Lloyd George and one celebrating the very best of our Welsh Landscapes collection. Our loans programme is also keeping me busy and I’m currently working with partners in Wales, London and overseas in America and Switzerland. We are constantly planning ahead, often 3-4 years in advance for our exhibitions, so there are a lot of very exciting exhibitions and projects in the pipeline – watch this space!
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