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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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