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Subject: [APG] NARA restores research room hours
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:59:37 -0700

NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from the Public
Affairs office of the National Archives. Wonderful!

National Archives Announces Extended Research Room Hours

From: "Public Affairs"
Date: Fri, February 01, 2008 12:41 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2008
National Archives Announces Extended Research Room Hours

Washington, DC. . . Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein
announced today that the National Archives will restore its evening and
weekend hours in its Washington, DC and College Park, MD, research
rooms. Effective the week of April 14, 2008, the extended hours will be
9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Saturday. Hours on Monday and Tuesday will continue to be 9 A.M to 5
P.M.

Congress and the President provided a one-time appropriation of $1.3
million in the National Archives Fiscal Year 2008 budget to restore
these hours. The funds will be used to hire new archival research room
staff and to cover the costs of utilities, maintenance, and security
during the extended hours.

"I am very grateful to the Congress and the President for their
recognition of the importance of making our documentary heritage as
widely available as possible. Extending the research room hours goes a
long way in helping us attain this goal.

This increase in hours underlines our commitment to open government,"
the Archivist said in making the announcement. "I would also like to
acknowledge the enthusiastic support of our user communities," he added.

Research room hours at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC
and at the College Park facility were reduced in October 2006 as a
cost-savings measure. Since then, the National Archives has had extended
hours only once a month*on Thursday and Friday evenings and on
Saturdays. Prior to October 2006, the National Archives extended hours
were Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The change from Tuesday to Wednesday
evening late hours was implemented to make it more convenient and
cost-effective for out-of-town researchers who travel to the National
Archives for research.

* * *
For more information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff
at 202-357-5300.

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