Back after half a century
“If you’re an Arts student,” says Professor Kate McLuskie (MA 1968, PhD 1974), “what you do is read.” Kate, who served on the board of the British Library, was one of the first students to use the new library when it opened and, as she says, “there was the sense that the riches of the library were much more visible.”
A recent return visit to see how the library has changed since the 1960s has impressed and inspired her. “The thinking that’s gone into this library,” she says, “is so wonderfully progressive and forward looking. And to consult the students, and then actually do what they ask, is quite unusual. Watching it digitise and move into different kinds of student learning and teaching is very exciting.”
This article was first published in December 2018.
Professor Kate McLuskie was one of the first students to use the new library when it opened in 1968. She's returned after 50 years to see what has changed.