Its been 18 months since the NLA Maps reading room closed and general delivery of maps moved to the combined Special Collections reading room. In late July, works on the new Maps stack and staff area were completed.  This has been a big effort by many teams across the library - to shift over a million maps and aerial photographs, build new compactus units, refurbish the staff area, and rehouse the whole collection.

Now the works are done, a new ‘By-appointment’ research service is available on LG1, which can be booked by contacting [log in to unmask], or through the Special Collections desk upstairs on Level 2. The new service on LG1 will allow readers longer term and closer access to the collection, to large map tables, and to the map curators. Maps research access is available Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm.

 

You are welcome to pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.

Martin

 

Martin Woods | Curator of Maps

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