These are gradually reopening (see below). A science reading room
opens on 14th April (touch wood!). Readers will need passes, and to
make an appointment before they come,just so we aren't swamped.
Materials will be on closed access to start with.
Phone the reading rooms if you want more information.
Fiona
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Subject: URGENT MESSAGE - END OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Author: IT Help Desk at BL-BSPA5
Date: 26/03/1999 16:04
Please can managers of staff without access to e-mail circulate this
message to them.
URGENT MESSAGE TO STAFF - END OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION
At a meeting today, the library assistants at St Pancras agreed to
return to work. The following notice has been issued to readers to
inform them of reading room opening patterns for the next and
following weeks.
MESSAGE FOR READERS
RE-OPENING OF READING ROOMS AT ST PANCRAS FROM MONDAY 29 MARCH
We are pleased to announce that the industrial action by the Public
and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has now ended, and agreement has
been reached on how the issues at the centre of the dispute will be
resolved. The library assistants have undertaken that there will no
further strike action on this issue this year. We apologise once
again for the disruption to your work over the past three weeks but
can now begin to restore the full service from Monday (29th March).
Over the next four weeks we will move towards full resumption of
humanities services, and the introduction of the Science Technology and
Business interim services at St Pancras, in a phased sequence. This
will ensure that readers can be confident that reading rooms will be
open as announced below.
For the week of 29 March - 3 April reading rooms will open as follows:
HUMANITIES AND RARE BOOKS AND MUSIC READING ROOMS
Monday 29 March 0930 - 1700
Tuesday 30 March 0930 - 2000
Wednesday 31 March 0930 - 2000
Thursday 1 April 0930 - 1700
Friday 2 April - Monday 5 April Closed for Easter
MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS AND ORIENTAL READING ROOMS
Monday 29 March - Thursday 1 April 0930 - 1700
From Tuesday 6 April full service for humanities materials will be
restored:
HUMANITIES, RARE BOOKS AND MUSIC READING ROOMS
Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 April 0930 - 2000
Thursday 8 April 0930 - 1800
Friday 9 & Saturday 10 April 0930 - 1700
MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS AND ORIENTAL READING ROOMS
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 April 0930 - 1700
From Thursday 8 April the next stage of the SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
BUSINESS services in the new St Pancras reading rooms will be
available. Full opening of all the Science, Technology and Business
reading rooms will be in June this year when all the collections have
transferred to St Pancras. The interim service during the period of
the moves will begin as follows:
From Thursday 8 April, SOCIAL POLICY & INFORMATION SERVICE, by
appointment only between 0930 and 1700, Monday - Friday. Appointments
can be made from Wednesday 31 March by telephoning 0171 412 7536
From Wednesday 14 April, BUSINESS and SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SERVICES , by appointment only between 0930 and 1700, Monday -
Friday. Appointments can be made from Thursday 8 April.
For BUSINESS, telephone 0171 412 7454/7977
For SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, telephone 0171 412 7288/7494/7496
The PATENTS SERVICE will remain open in Southampton Buildings until 16
April, and until 7 May in Chancery House. The PATENT EXPRESS service
for the provision of copies will continue throughout the period of the
moves.
The Reader Admissions Office will be open as normal for the issues of
passes and advice on admissions procedures for all reading rooms.
Throughout this period the exhibition galleries, events and education
programmes, the bookshop, cafe and restaurant will be open to readers
and to the public.
For further information please telephone 0171 412 7676.
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