Earlier closure dates for the Library

15 Oct 2008

Further update on 4 December 2008: New Caird Library opening hours

With the exciting news of the HLF grant towards the building of the Sammy Ofer Wing, the project, to include state of the art library and archive facilities, is firmly on track to open in 2012. 

It now seems likely that building work will begin earlier than we originally thought. If this happens, the Caird Library may have to close temporarily to all readers earlier than the previously anticipated date of spring 2009. In order for the building work to start, the Library must relocate the collections currently stored in the basement of the museum, and move them temporarily to our offsite storage. 

It is now probable that the Caird Library will close at Christmas 2008 rather than early spring 2009, and reopen in early summer 2009. As soon as dates are confirmed, we will publicise them as widely as we can. Many of the archive and library collections will be offsite by the time the Caird Library reopens in early summer 2009, which means that we will be unable to offer our usual service and so we will be open by appointment three days a week (Tuesday to Thursday) and the first Saturday of the month. Details on how to make appointments, requirements for advance ordering, and the number of items that can be requested at one time will also be widely publicised as soon as possible.

We are sorry for the inconvenience this will cause, and appreciate your understanding and co-operation. As we said before, the long-term gains of the project - improved physical and virtual access to the archive and library collections - will be immeasurable.

Eleanor (Head of Archive & Library)

Further update on 4 December 2008: New Caird Library opening hours