Since the closure of the GWL building on 19th March due to Covid-19, all GWL Staff Team members have been working from home to rethink and reshape our events and activities into digital formats, continue to support our volunteers and Adult Literacy learners, and work together as a team, with our Board of Directors, to plan as far as we can for the future.
While we can’t wait to be able to welcome you back to our beautiful building, the safety and wellbeing of our staff, volunteers and visitors must be our top priority, and there is a lot of work involved in preparing to re-open.
We will therefore re-open GWL to the public in phases, with the first phase starting on 1st September.
During this phase, there may be limits on days or hours of opening, visitor numbers, and access to some parts of the building. Access to the lending library collection will be via a pre-reserve / ‘click and collect’ system, while access to the archive and museum collections may still not be possible during this phase. We do not anticipate hosting any public events in the building for the rest of this year, but will continue to offer online events. We will of course review the situation throughout this period, and we will always make sure that visitors are given the special GWL warm welcome regardless.
In the meantime, some GWL team members will be on-site throughout July and August, working to implement safety and hygiene measures, and creating workable systems and spaces for everyone.
For further details read the full post at https://womenslibrary.org.uk/2020/07/08/our-phased-approach-to-re-opening-gwl/
(With thanks to @womenslibrary via Twitter)
Chris
My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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