Dear colleagues and friends worldwide,
The object of this message is to give you
some advanced warning of a planned closure of the RAS Library and
Archives facilities for an extended period. Plans are in the early
stages at the moment but it is likely that the whole collection in
the main part of Burlington House will be moved out into storage
some time in late 2006 for a period planned as a year but these
things have a way of extending! The object of the exercise is to
enable a complete refurbishment of the RAS building with greatly
improved facilities for Fellows and staff, and, particularly from
the Library point of view, environmentally controlled storage for the
Rare Books and Archives. The details have still to be worked out but
the overall message is that if you want to come and use the RAS
collections aim to do it before the Autumn of 2006 ! The staff
will do their best to provide a restricted service on a 'request in
advance' basis but this will inevitable be slow and inconvenient.
Please forward this to any relevant
Lists on which it has not already appeared, with apologies for any
duplication.
Best wishes
Peter D
Hingley
Peter D Hingley
Librarian, Royal Astronomical Society
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J OBQ
Tel 020 7734 4582 Xt 215
Fax 020 7494 0166
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