More DNA

I have now also uploaded the DNA results to another website of the same kind. The matches were slightly different, it depends on what individuals have posted their results. The matches here were a little closer, at least the top ones. The first one that showed up was my father's first cousin in Denmark and the second was my grandmother's first cousin, also on my father's side.  There are matches from all the lines, which means that the research is correct. It's just that there are distant relatives listed, and I can't figure out the connection. One had Scottish ancestors and another was Norwegian, but if there is a connection, it's very far back. 

This Friday we hosted a study visit from Cardiff University. Their stacks manager Ruth visited us to look at our storages. It was like two nerds met. She and I have the same kind of job. We discussed collection management, potential book moving disasters, weeding, repository copies and things no one else would even think twice of. We brought her to all the storages; newspapers, general stacks and ephemera. She was a little envious of our budget and generous storage spaces.

When the ephemera staff came to the storage yesterday, they discovered that several wooden shelves had fallen over because the floor had given way. It's a metal grid floor that was really supposed to stand that weight. They had to discontinue all work there until everything is investigated and repaired.

Yesterday I participated in a walking meeting to spot junk and left-over items people have left in the staff areas of the main library. It's incredible how much stuff there was. Janitors and people coming here to do reparations have forgotten things on shelves, floors and in corners. Some doors we don't open that often, and now we got some surprises. A rolled up long rug covered in mould, empty cardboard tubes of unclear origin and several flower pots discarded a long time ago.