аЯрЁБс>ўџ >@ўџџџ=џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС №ПH:bjbjрр 2H‚j‚jH6џџџџџџltttttttˆTTTT `$ˆЋь*,,,,,,$— З zPtPЪtteЪЪЪ:tt*Ъ*Ъ`Ъ*tt*„ @пёMoЪˆЬTЪ**{0Ћ*1 Ъ1 *ЪˆˆttttйInformation to Society Members Since the proposal to create a National Aerospace Library (NAL) was first mooted, the topic has featured regularly in The Aerospace Professional, both in editorial material and in appeals for donations. Until July of this year, the vision presented to members, and potential donors to the NAL fund, consistently portrayed the NAL as a new archive and the Library at Hamilton Place as the Society’s working library where members could borrow books and carry out research. Some of the key communications are listed below. In the March 2004 issue of AP there was a questionnaire signed by the Chief Executive seeking the views of all members on the proposal to establish a National Aerospace Library. The introductory paragraphs were: “Following the co-ordination role the Royal Aeronautical society played in the 2003, 100 Years of Flight, programme, the Society, in consultation with the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, the National Aeronautical Collection of the Science Museum and others, is investigating the possibility of establishing a National Aerospace Library. At the core of this project is the Royal Aeronautical Society's own collection which is one of the foremost libraries of its kind in the world. It is housed at the Society's headquarters at 4 Hamilton Place but suffers from space limitations. More space probably outside London will need to be found for both some of the existing archives at present located in the basement and less frequently accessed and any additional material added to it as a result of this initiative.” This was followed in the April 2004 issue by the further statement in the Chief Executive’s Message, “I thought members would like to be brought up to date as regards the Library initiative. Before doing so, I would just like to reiterate that there is no intention of moving the complete Library out of Hamilton Place or indeed, for that matter selling it off. Quite the reverse. By focusing on the Library this year we want in the first instance, to raise money to improve the condition of our collection and also steadily improve access to it. As well as improving access to it, we also want to do something about inadequate storage in the basement. It is in this context that we are looking at the possibility of housing at least part of the collection outside Hamilton Place, where we hope it would join other collections that may be offered to us in the future. As I have explained previously, we are often offered material and much of it in the past has had to be refused because of the lack of space in Hamilton Place. At a different level we want to investigate the possibility of acting as a co-ordinator so that different aerospace libraries across the country can be linked electronically. This is the background to the survey that is being carried out which so far has indicated almost unanimous support for our possible co-ordination role.” In the June 2004 issue of AP the appeal to raise funds for the NAL was launched under the headline Aerospace Archives for the Future. This outlined the general objectives of the proposed NAL and noted that, “Such an undertaking would inevitably demand considerable capital investment and we hope it would be a strong candidate for support by the Heritage Lottery Fund of the National Lottery.” In his report in the 2004 Annual Review, published in the April 2005 AP, the Chief Executive reported that the response of members to the questionnaire had been “hugely positive” and, alongside photographs of the former RAE 24ft wind tunnel, said, “During the year we evaluated a number of possibilities as to where the headquarters of the National Aerospace Library might be. The Council agreed that we should use as a benchmark the Heritage Site at Farnborough. The evaluation exercise has demonstrated that this provides us with the best site. ...... We have now taken our plans further forward by forming a National Aerospace Working Party under the chairmanship of Dr Graham Coleman, a Council Member, and at the present time our preferred option is to use the 24ft wind tunnel building which has grade one listed status.” Concerning the appeal for donations, he said, “During 2004 we raised nearly Ѓ40,000 for the fund. We will shortly be moving some of the archive material from the basement into temporary storage facilities that have kindly been provided by BAE Systems in a building close to the Heritage Site and this will also allow us to start to bring together some of the other collections, two of which I have already mentioned. 2005 will see this project ramp up a notch when our plans become clearer and we start raising money in earnest.” He went on to say, “I can assure members that the library on the third floor here at Hamilton Place will remain. Those who have visited the library recently will have seen that we are carrying out extensive modifications to it to ensure that it is a better facility for everyone.” This was followed in the June 2005 issue of AP by a statement from the new President, Air Marshal Sir Colin Terry, “...... from the Society's internal viewpoint with your help, I wish to drive the setting up of the National Aerospace Library on the old RAE site at Farnborough. Plans are advancing well including the preparation of an application for a Heritage Lottery Grant. The total scheme is likely to cost in the region of Ѓ10m, of which we will need to raise at least Ѓ5m ourselves. It would certainly be nice if the topping out ceremony were to be around the end of 2008, the centenary of Cody's first flight at Farnborough.” In the December 2005 issue of AP the Chief Executive re-announced the appeal for donations, with a two-page spread showing the RAE 24ft wind tunnel, and appeals were published in AP regularly, together with lists of donors’ names, throughout 2006. On 22 June 2006 the National Aerospace Library was formally established at 4 Hamilton Place, on the occasion of the Sopwith lecture, and a plaque was unveiled on the wall outside the Library on the third floor. This completed the first phase of the work done by Graham Coleman's committee in organising the removal of much of the archive material from the basement at Hamilton Place to temporary storage at Farnborough. The August 2006 issue of AP included an account of the ceremony and a progress report which noted that, following the rejection of the first bid for Heritage Lottery Funding, the intention to discuss with the Fund the best way of resubmitting the bid. The aim was still to locate the NAL within the area of the 24ft wind tunnel but a bid for a new building adjacent to the wind tunnel was thought more likely to be successful. In the meantime, an interim storage option to allow greater access to the archive was actively being sought. By this time the appeal had raised well over Ѓ100k. A year later, interim accommodation had been found in ‘The Hub’, the former Q134 Building of Weapons Department RAE, and a ten-year lease had been taken out with Slough Estates on a room. In the September issue of AP the Chief Executive said, “....the Council will be holding its first meeting outside London for a considerable time, when it meets on10 September at 'The Hub' building in Farnborough, to review progress on the setting up of the National Aerospace Library. Preparations are now well under way with the remaining material at Hamilton Place, which is not staying here, being transported to Farnborough and much of the material already stored in 'A' Shed at Farnborough being moved across to the National Aerospace Library. Having said this, I think it is important to emphasise that the Library on the third floor here at Hamilton Place will remain fully operational, to allow members to borrow books and to carry out research. The facilities at Farnborough will focus on public access and provide us with a much needed expanded storage facility for our own collection and other collections that may be given to us in the future.” After more than a year’s absence, a new appeal for donations to support the NAL was published in the December 2007 issue of AP. Its opening words were, “The National Aerospace Library is a new archive established to complement the existing Library collections and service at the Royal Aeronautical Society's headquarters in London.” Six weeks later, on 15 January 2008, the NAL was formally opened by Mrs Mary Fagan, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. The March 2008 issue of AP carried a full account of the ceremony. Its opening words were, “On 15 January, the Royal Aeronautical Society formally opened the new National Aerospace Library (NAL) archive at Farnborough. Probably the largest public reference library dedicated to aerospace in the UK, the NAL is a new archive established to complement the existing Library collections and service at the Society's headquarters at 4 Hamilton Place in London.” The RAeS Archive had by this time been augmented by important archive material from the CAA, the total historical archive of the SBAC and other significant private collections. As a result, a substantial amount of material was still stored in boxes (and a great deal remains in boxes in the 24ft wind tunnel building today). The article in the March 2008 issue of AP included, “The current building is leased for ten years but there are already future plans to try to raise funds to expand into larger premises on the site to house the ever-expanding collection.” In the February 2009 issue of AP the Chief Executive reported progress towards obtaining increased accommodation for the archive, “....we are now in the final stages of negotiation with SEGRO at Farnborough, to take over responsibility for the Secret Factory facility alongside the National Aerospace Library. This development is in parallel with the recent move of our remaining archive material from A Shed at Farnborough to the National Aerospace Library itself. With our funding drive this year aimed at the NAL, this looks like being an exciting year for the library.” The Annual Review for 2009, published in the April 2009 AP, contains several references to the NAL. From the chief Executives report, “All the material held in A Shed has now been moved across to the library (we suspect this would read more accurately ‘to be stored in the 24ft wind tunnel’) which is now increasingly being used by members of the general public. Right at the end of 2008 we took over responsibility for operating the ‘Secret Factory’ which is adjacent to the National Aerospace Library and will provide us with increased space for both storage and display.” From the Finance Board report, “During the year the Society contributed Ѓ123,835 towards the costs of running the branch of the National Aerospace Library (NAL) at Farnborough.” The Learned Society Board report, under the heading “Library and Archive”, gives an extended account of improvements to the archived material, concluding with, “Both the London and Farnborough Libraries continue to be offered material and collections of historical importance. A library advisory committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Richard Ward, former head of Hampshire County Council’s Library and Information Service, to oversee operations at the NAL.” The above extracts from The Aerospace Professional capture the totality of the statements of substance made to the membership about the Library and the NAL project since the inception of the project in March 2004 and until July of this year. The message conveyed to members has been a consistent one. “The National Aerospace Library is a new archive.” It has been reinforced by firm assurances about the continuity of the Library at Hamilton Place, “I think it is important to emphasise that the Library on the third floor here at Hamilton Place will remain fully operational, to allow members to borrow books and to carry out research.” The abrupt change in policy was not specifically disclosed to the Council in June 2009 but by then the July 2009 AP had gone to press with a significant change in emphasis in the Chief Executive’s message, linked to an appeal for members to sign up to Gift Aid, “One of the areas we will use the Gift Aid for, other than paying down the mortgage, is to steadily improve the National Aerospace Library at Farnborough. We hope to obtain more space shortly and this will enable us to consolidate the vast majority of our collection on the Farnborough site and make more of it available to the public.” More of the plan was revealed in the August AP, “Still on the subject of the National Aerospace Library and following on from my editorial in last month's magazine, during August we will be moving a lot of the remaining books and archive material from Hamilton Place to the National Aerospace Library, subject to the final agreement that I am at present negotiating with SEGRO for extra space. A reading room facility for members will remain at No.4 Hamilton Place.” In the same issue, the appeal for donations for the NAL began, “The National Aerospace Library, officially launched on 15 January 2008, is a new archive established to complement the existing Library collections and service at the Royal Aeronautical Society's headquarters in London.” This was evidently an unintended editorial lapse. Finally, in the October 2009 issue of AP, all was revealed in a full page advertisment inside the front cover, “The Library and Careers Centre have landed at Farnborough.” This advertisement has now been re-run on the inside front cover of the November issue of Aerospace International. It is for members to read these communications and decide for themselves whether the move of the Library represents a substantial departure from what they had been led to expect for the past five and a half years. We believe it does.  –АEGћ Ј “•м§ KMўCrkpqž  ЁЄЅЇДЖС!"ж#и#ѓ#Ј$L&ч&@)B)X*є*`+a+™+›+g1™1ќ1И2-3/3С3Ф3A5C5Њ8ш8[9G:H:љїїѕїѕѕї№№щ№їїїїїѕїѕѕїѕѕїѕѕїоїѕѕCJOJQJ^JaJ 5B*ph# B*ph# 56 5CJaJ> )*џМN * +  O 0xyмўCDrVWkqrњњјјјююююшшюююшшшшшюшшюшшюш7$8$H$ „7$8$H$^„$a$H:ўrцэю-‹ŒмнбИ С!Y#Z#ѓ#Ј$Љ$|%7&Œ&ъ&ы&f(!)")Є)Ж*`+љяяљљљљљљяяяљљяљљяяяљљяяљяя „7$8$H$^„7$8$H$`+a+Ц+Ч+ы+І-Ї-Ч-\.].ў.8090Л2М2У355E5b6ш6щ6)7:8;8[9\9G:љљљљяљљяљљяљљљљяљљяяљљяљљљљ „7$8$H$^„7$8$H$G:H:љ7$8$H$0&P 1hАƒ. 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