Hello Everyone, Here is the latest message sent via the Federation about a reduced service at Denbighshire Archives ------------------------------------------------------------------- As a result of budget reductions and a need to modernise, we need to adjust our focus at Denbighshire Archives. This means reducing the service’s opening hours. By reducing our opening hours, we will provide a reasonable level of public opening hours for visitors, whilst also allowing staff more time to spend on essential behind the scenes work, including: cataloguing publishing our catalogue of holdings online digitising collections and making them available online digital preservation We are proposing to reduce the opening hours from the current 28 hours a week, to 17 hours a week from January 2015. We are proposing three options for the new opening hours, and we would like you to vote for your preferred option. You also have the opportunity to propose a fourth option, if you like. You can see the options and have your say here- http://denbighshirearchives.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/have-your-say-on-proposed-changes-to-the-archives-office-opening-hours/ The closing date to have your say is Friday 5th December 2014. We will make a final decision shortly after this date, and the new opening hours will come into effect in January 2015. Sarah Winning Archifydd Archivist Archifau Sir Ddinbych Yr hen Garchar 46 Stryd Clwyd Rhuthun LL15 1HP Ffon: 01824708250 E-bost: archifau@sirddinbych.gov.uk Gwefan: http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk/archifau Denbighshire Archives The Old Gaol 46 Clwyd Street Ruthin LL15 1HP Phone: 01824 708250 E-mail: archives@denbighshire.gov.uk Website: www.denbighshire.gov.uk/archives ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >From Peter Copsey Your Fed Rep.