The _Prospect_ website has details of this week's action at the Science Museum: "... threatened the closure of the Science Museum library with the potential loss of 14 world-leading specialists and the majority of its archive." http://www.prospect.org.uk/news/newsstory.php?news=270&prs=1330980ce8592 4127515df1e1683e245 "Over 200 Prospect members at the National Museum of Science and Industry are taking strike action on Wednesday February 16. " "The strike will be the first taken by Prospect members at NMSI since 1993. Members of the PCS union, who work as warders, managers, security and administrative staff, have also voted to take part in the day of action, which takes place during half-term." ----------------------------------- Adrian Smith, Headingley -----Original Message----- From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Briggs Sent: 14 February 2005 11:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Gazette 11 Feb Mike Morris wrote: > If it's anything like Oxford, a job of this level won't be > academic-related, and the AUT won't be interested. It's nothing like Oxford. The union at the BM would be Prospect. John Briggs