You will be asked to observe a set of regulations to safeguard our collections.
Please refrain from:
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Bringing any food or drink,
including water, into the Reading Room
- Using pens or ink – pencils
are provided for your use
- Removing any archival records
from the Reading Room or interfering with the original order of papers
- Marking or annotating original
records in any way
In the Reading Room one will find:
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A reference library which
helps the researcher understand the context of the subject being studied
- A finding aids unit with a
range of printed catalogues
- Copying facilities
- An information desk with a
range of publications and information sheets
- Preservation tools such as
foam book rests and snake weights to help you maintain the condition of the
records
When requesting archival items, simply fill in an order form and hand it to a member of staff. The items will then be retrieved from the strong-room and delivered to your desk. There is a limit to the quantity of items that a researcher may access and this is ten items per day. Researchers may have up to three items on their desk at any one time.
(Sewing a
Manuscript) (Mechanical
Cleaning a Manuscript)