Has the RCM had any discussions with either the Wellcome Library/
Archive or the Cochrane Archive in Cardiff.
When the Royal Statistical Society was jettisoned to the annoyance of a
number of members including me, a good part of it was found a home at
Essex University.
http://libwww.essex.ac.uk/speccol.htm
Alison
Alison Macfarlane
Department of Midwifery
City University
20 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7QN
Phone (0) (44) 207 040 5832
Fax (0) (44) 207 040 5866?
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The RCM don't seem to be able to offer access to any of the archive
material they have in their posession. It is incredibly frustrating
when theings have been lodged with them/gifted to them in good faith for
researchers to use
Tania McIntosh
Midwifery Lecturer
University of Nottingham
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Elizabeth Duff
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Subject: Re: Petition re RCM library, UK
I believe the material kept alongside the library collection also
includes some of the ICM archives relating to the period when the ICM
head office was co-located with the RCM in London. It would certainly be
helpful for researchers/historians to be assured of access to these,
especially in the next few years leading up to the ICM centenary.
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Elizabeth Duff
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Editor 'International Midwifery'
International Confederation of Midwives
Laan van Meerdervoort 70
2517 AN The Hague
The Netherlands
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Dear All,
I would like to urge all those of you who are members of the RCM to sign
the petition against the closure of the RCM library. Sorry to take up
the email space and time of those of you who are not RCM members but I
think this is an important issue.
In December 2007 a decision was announced via a small paragraph in the
news section of the RCM Midwives Journal to close the College library
and archives for 18 months. This involved making the librarians
redundant and putting the stock into storage.
The petition states - We, the undersigned:
1)Object to the lack of consultation regarding this decision and the
short notice given; 2)Object to the sudden withdrawal of an established
service to the membership; 3)Deplore the College's failure to plan for
relocation of the collections, and consequent needless loss of access to
an important specialist library and archival research resource;
4)Deplore the failure to inform the President, Vice-Presidents and
members of RCM Council of the decision; 5)Urge the senior management of
the College to consult widely with the membership regarding future plans
for the services as a matter of urgency; 6)Request the reinstatement of
an information service of comparable scope and quality at the earliest
possible opportunity.
The petition can be found at:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rcmlibrary/
Best Wishes,
Mavis
Mavis Kirkham
Professor of Midwifery
Sheffield Hallam University
Centre for Health and Social Care Research
32 Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield S10 2BJ
tel 0114 2255644
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