> Shropshire Mines Trust have received the questionnaire. It did not
ask
> about individual holdings. What is the problem? What have we to
hide?
> Mike Worsfold
I am librarian for Northern Mine Research Society and I am going to
ask at the AGM that we do not complete the questionnaire. The Coal
Authority want to make information (including electronic catalogues)
available to the public, via a website. Like everyone else, I get
queries which I try to answer appropriately; but I do not have the
security to cope with such enquirers visiting the library in person.
I guess that many Mining Trusts/Societies have libraries and archive
material available to members, and from which other queries are
answered. At the moment, if someone visits the library and I do not
know them personally I can ask to see a membership card and this
provides some sort of reassurance. I don't think Trusts and Societies
have anything to hide (I have always found people generous to me when
I ask for help); but we need to be responsible about the material
which others have entrusted to us.
Sallie Bassham
NMRS Librarian
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