Nick Hook, St Hugh’s College Library

Greetings all! My name is Nick Hook, and I am the graduate trainee at St Hugh’s College.

(Now to sum up my life in a few sentences… gulp!)

I graduated in History from Nottingham, after which I worked for nearly two years as a historical researcher for a company which located unexploded ordnance from World War Two. This job (far from being as dangerous as it may sound) required me to regularly research at archives and record offices across the country, and it was during this time that I became increasingly interested in the information service and record keeping. After a brief stint at the Ashmolean Museum I applied for a place on the graduate trainee scheme, and a few months down the line here I am! I would love one day to forge a career managing or conserving rare books and manuscripts, which in part has led me to study Old English at evening classes as part of the Oxford Continuing Education Department.

I am thoroughly enjoying my time at St Hugh’s College, which has a lovely library, providing a great service to its students.

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