What will the daily charge be, so we can inform our members if they wish to
visit?
_______________________________________________________
Wendy Cawthorne, Assistant Librarian,
Geological Society Library,
Burlington House, Piccadilly, LONDON W1V 0JU
Tel: +44 (0)171-734 5673; Fax: +44 (0)171-439 3470
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web Address: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francis Herbert [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 12:38 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
> [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RGS-IBG collections accessible to all for a fee
>
> The Bad News: -
>
> Since 1854 the Royal Geographical Society has tried to maintain a map
> collection which, dependent upon a government annual grant, could also be
> made freely available for consultation by the general public. The present
> government department (that for Culture, Media and Sport) has terminated
> this grant. Consequently this Society, which receives no other government
> funding, will have to both institute an appointments system and to make a
> daily access charge to non-members.
>
> The Good News:
>
> The daily charge will cover not only a continued public access to the Map
> Room (cartographic materials from the fifteenth century to the present,
> carto-bibliographies, gazetteers, directories to (re)sources,
> RGS-sponsored
> expedition reports [NB: these are unpublished and hence not available in
> the
> copyright libraries], large-format A0 photocopier, etc.) but also access
> to
> all the Society's other collections : Library (books, guide-books, sailing
> directions, and periodicals - including cartography as a subject), Picture
> Library (sketches, water-colours, photographs, prints), Archives
> (correspondence, submissions for publication in the Society's journals,
> manuscript diaries, membership records), and Museum (artefacts). Prior
> appointment with the department most likely to hold the most amount of
> relevant research material is essential. This new system will take effect
> from Monday 28 February 2000.
>
> Please visit our website for more information on the Collections :
> http://www.rgs.org
>
> Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
> [log in to unmask]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|