Fantastic! We will be looking closely to see how you report the service being received by the public. -jon Jon Jablonski Spatial Data Librarian, Map & Imagery Lab Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory UCSB Library 805-893-4049 On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > National Library of Australia | T: +61 2 62621280 M: 0404193366 > > [log in to unmask] | www.nla.gov.au > > Parkes Place, Parkes ACT 2600 [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkb3VqOXZ0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1NzU1MDIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxNDY5NjAxNTA0> >