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Rhode Island Historical Society’s Research Library Reading Room Closure

By Donna DiMichele | January 10, 2014

The following announcement is from the RI Historical Society. All inquiries should be directed to the Historical Society.

Dear Colleagues,

On December 17, 2013, the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Research Library Reading Room sustained water damage from a mechanical failure. The Library will be closed until further notice.

During the pending Reading Room reconstruction, reference staff will not have access to Rhode Island Vital Records, the newspaper microfilm collection, or the genealogical reference resources that are housed in the Reading Room. These collections are undamaged, but inaccessible. Unfortunately, without these collections, we are temporarily unable to answer reference questions about genealogy, family history, or newspaper articles.

We will continue to provide copy and ILL copy requests from accessible collections for researchers, but please note that response time may be slower than usual.

We have added a webpage (http://www.rihs.org/library/library_closure_online_resources) of resources that you and your patrons may find helpful in your research endeavors during the time when we are closed.

 Please check our website (www.rihs.org) or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RIHistoricalSociety for updates.

You can read more about the situation here:http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131220-water-damages-ri-historical-society-library-in-providence.ece.

We appreciate your patience while we work through this process.

James DaMico

Special Collections Curator

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

121 Hope Street

Providence, RI 02906

Phone: 401-273-8107, ext. 420

Fax: 401-751-7930

Email: jdamico@rihs.org

Website: www.rihs.org

For all reference questions please contact: reference@rihs.org

For Rights and Reproductions questions, please contact: reproductions@rihs.org

If you are interested in donating material to the RIHS, please email: collections@rihs.org

Search our on-line catalog, NETOP here: http://rihs.minisisinc.com/

Check out our blogs:

Collections: http://rihs.wordpress.com/Graphics Inventory Project: http://rihsgraphics.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

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