Forwarding to advise of changes- Wendy Boland List Admin The following message has been posted on behalf of Sam Collenette - acting head of service, Birmingham City Archives. Dear Colleagues Birmingham City Archives and Central Library's Local Studies service will become a single service on Floor 6 of Central Library in 2008. This will mean improved access to collections, advice and resources for library users, in particular for those with mobility problems. In order to prepare for this staff training will take place from Monday 30th July until 29th September 2007. This has the following impact on services in Archives and Local Studies during August and September: Archives will open at 11 am on Friday and Saturday morning instead of 10am and will have a reduced service on Friday afternoon from 3-5pm. Local Studies and History will operate a reduced service on Monday morning 9-11 am, Friday afternoon 3-5pm and Saturday morning 9-11am. The Archive opening hours will be as follows: Mondays: Closed Tues 10-5pm Weds: 10-5pm Thurs 10-8pm Fri 11-5pm Sat 11-5pm I would be very grateful if you could advise members of the public about these changes. A poster for display is available, please contact me if you would like a copy. Yours sincerely Sam Collenette Birmingham City Archives

Hi folks and thanks to Wendy for posting the Birmingham info. I think that for anyone conversant with the layout at central library the statement is confusing. It starts by talking of the re-organisation of the 6th floor and then slips into arrangements for the 7th floor(Archives), so the times laid out need to be considered in the context of which part you/we intend to visit. The moral here seems to be that if you intend to travel to to Birmingham, a phone call would be advisable just to make sure the opening times are as you think. regards Alf FANTHAM Kings Norton Wendy Boland wrote: > Forwarding to advise of changes- > > Wendy Boland > List Admin > > > > The following message has been posted on behalf of Sam Collenette - acting > head of service, Birmingham City Archives. > > Dear Colleagues > > Birmingham City Archives and Central Library's Local Studies service will > become a single service on Floor 6 of Central Library in 2008. This will > mean improved access to collections, advice and resources for library > users, in particular for those with mobility problems. > > In order to prepare for this staff training will take place from Monday > 30th July until 29th September 2007. > > This has the following impact on services in Archives and Local Studies > during August and September: > > Archives will open at 11 am on Friday and Saturday morning instead of 10am > and will have a reduced service on Friday afternoon from 3-5pm. > > Local Studies and History will operate a reduced service on Monday morning > 9-11 am, Friday afternoon 3-5pm and Saturday morning 9-11am. > > The Archive opening hours will be as follows: > > Mondays: Closed > Tues 10-5pm > Weds: 10-5pm > Thurs 10-8pm > Fri 11-5pm > Sat 11-5pm > > I would be very grateful if you could advise members of the public about > these changes. A poster for display is available, please contact me if you > would like a copy. > > Yours sincerely > > > Sam Collenette > Birmingham City Archives > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >