Petition against relocation of European Resource Centre/Baykov Library at University of Birmingham

1. 7. 2010

It has been announced that the European Resource Centre, which incorporates the Baykov Library, is to be moved off the main Edgbaston campus here at the University of Birmingham and relocated off the main campus at a site several miles away (the Orchard Learning Resource Centre, accessible via a 15-20 minute shuttle bus ride). The move is to be completed by September.

This decision has been taken without any consultation with staff or students, despite the detrimental impact that more limited access will have to both teaching and research in the fields of Russian and East European Studies and European Studies more widely.

The justification for not consulting staff or students is that this is the only viable option, seeing as the ERC has been identified as the location for a new "Heritage Learning Hub".

Information about the Baykov Library, which is a unique collection of social science texts relating to Russia and Eastern Europe, can be found HERE

A petition has been set up and your support would be appreciated in trying to keep this resource on campus and accessible to students, staff and visitors alike. The petition is HERE

Please feel free to forward this information.

With thanks,

C. Wilkinson

Vytisknout

Obsah vydání | Pondělí 2.8. 2010