Entries from The Caird Library Blog tagged with 'Sammy Ofer wing'
News on the Move
In a previous post about the move, I mentioned that we'd come across a book with a rather appropriate title, given the work we were undertaking. Continuing on a similar theme, we couldn't let the safe relocating of another volume...
We're Moving!
I hope the title of this blog-post didn't cause any unpleasant surprises. Having opened the new Caird Library in the summer, we are, of course, staying put. However, regular visitors will know that we haven't yet had the opportunity to...
Welcome to the Caird Library
On Thursday 14th July the new Caird Library opened to the public, two days after the formal opening of the Sammy Ofer Wing by the Museum's Patron, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. The Caird Library is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays...
Moving Archives - Past and Present
With the current move of the NMM archive and library collections to the new Sammy Ofer Wing complex, here are a few historical tales of how Admiralty records were stored and moved from one building to another in the 19th...
Moving into the new Caird Library
Over the past ten weeks, the new reading room facility in the Sammy Ofer Wing has been transformed from an empty white box into the new Caird Library. Tables, chairs, lockers, a document scanner and even a touch screen viewer...
Goodbye to the Caird Library... for now
Today we closed the doors on the current Caird Library for the last time. As regular readers of the blog will know, we have been planning a move into a new reading room and storage facility, part of the Sammy Ofer...
Caird Library closure due to move into Sammy Ofer Wing
We have now finalized the schedule for moving the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library and archives from their current locations to the new library and archive store in the Sammy Ofer Wing. The Library and E-Library will close to all visitors on...
Update on new reading room
As our regular readers will know from seeing the crates of books in the Caird Library as we undertake several mini-moves before the really big one, we're busy preparing for moving into the Sammy Ofer Wing during April-July 2011. We've updated...
Further update on plans for new reading room
The work on the Sammy Ofer Wing is continuing, and we are busy preparing the collections to move into the new building in April-July 2011. We've updated the information on the progress of the building work and our plans for...
Update on plans for new reading room
We've updated the information on the progress of the building of the Sammy Ofer Wing, and our plans for the new research and reading room, on the website. The information will be updated every two months, so please continue to...
Further update on plans for new reading room
The work on the Sammy Ofer Wing, including the new research and reading room and archive stores, is progressing well. We've updated the information about the project on the website, so please take a look. The information will be updated every two...
Update on plans for new reading room
As the building and plans for the new research and reading room in the Sammy Ofer Wing have developed, we wanted to alert you to some information about the project's progress which has just gone up on the website. The information will be updated every...
Journey of A Logbook: Part 4
Moderate and fair at 4pm made a signal and anchored in Madera [sic] road On 18 March Anson anchored the Centurion in port having completed the first stage of her voyage. Here Anson employed Portuguese boats to restock his ship's water...
Packing Begins
Last Monday, the 2nd March, saw the beginning of the move of the collections in preparation for the building of the Museum's new Sammy Ofer Wing, which will include a new archive and library store. The South West Wing store...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 3
Fresh Gales and Squally. Lost Logg lines three. The entry for 11 March 1738 in the log of HMS Centurion highlights two concerns of a captain at sea: the weather and the speed his ship was traveling. Two hundred and seventy...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 2
Ditto weather a large swell from the NW. PM found the main top mast sprung in the wake of the upper part of the capp made a signal for the Falmouth got down top gallant yard and mast and hand'd...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 1
On the 9th instant I was commission'd to command his Majesty's ship Centurion at Portsmouth ... On the 13th ... hoisted the pendant and this day made my appearance on board. With these words George Anson began the first log...
Availability of public records from 2 March
The information on our website about access to Archive and Library collections during our collections move has been updated. Please check these pages for the latest information on the availability of public records and access to Archive and Library collections...
Preparing for the move - a new store
The start date for the move of material out of our onsite store is rapidly getting closer (Monday 2 March). Whilst Archive, Library, and Documentation staff have been beavering away in the store preparing for this, other museum departments, together with contractors, have...
Caird Library opening hours in the new Sammy Ofer wing, from 2012
As plans for the new Sammy Ofer wing take shape, we have updated the information on the website about the Library's future opening hours, see http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/visiting/library-opening-hours-from-2012.In case you haven't seen this update, the Library opening hours from 2012 will be...
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