Dear Colleagues
Please could you bring this to the attention of your users.
SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE
BURY ST EDMUNDS
CLOSURE FOR RENEWAL OF STRONGROOM FLOOR AND MOBILE SHELVING
from Monday 3rd November 2003
The Bury Record Office will close at 5pm on Saturday 1st November 2003. The
existing electrically driven shelving has reached the end of its life. It
will be replaced with a system that conforms to current archival standards
and is more efficient. A new strongroom floor will be installed and other
minor works carried out to improve the security and safety of the strongroom
before we reopen in March 2004.
During the building works the opportunity will be taken to sort and
reorganise the archives held in the Record Office. This will mean that for
the period of the closure we will need to make some changes to the services
that we will be able to provide.
Arrangements may be made to transfer temporarily small quantities of records
from Bury to the Ipswich or Lowestoft Record Offices for customers trying to
complete research to a tight deadline. Please contact Sheila Reed, Public
Service Manager at Bury Record Office, to discuss your requirements by
Friday 24th October. She will also be pleased to discuss any other aspects
of the project including arrangements for deposits, enquiries etc. We
apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
The searchroom team can be contacted on:
Tel: 01284 352352
Fax: 01284 352355
e-mail [log in to unmask]
Thank you for your help.
Kate Chantry
Service Archivist
Suffolk Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, IP1 2LQ, Tel 01473 584542
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