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Public consultation
Consulting users on the changes to the reading rooms
Before making changes to the facilities at The National Archives, we asked our users what they needed. The changes were completed in 2008. This page describes the consultation process.
We held initial open meetings at the Family Records Centre and The National Archives at Kew in late June 2006.
We then held a second round of meetings at the Family Records Centre and Kew in September 2006 to further explore what our visitors want from the new combined service at Kew. This was followed in January 2007 by a third round of meetings at which we presented the results of these consultations and outline proposals for the relocation, inviting feedback.
A summary of the presentation given in January 2007, along with reports on the meetings held in January 2007 and September 2006 can be found here:
- January 2007 presentation (PDF, 30.37kb)
- January 2007 meeting held at the Family Records Centre (PDF, 21.90kb)
- January 2007 meeting held at Kew (PDF, 29.47kb)
- September 2006 meeting at the Family Records Centre (PDF, 40.60kb)
- September 2006 meeting at Kew (PDF, 45.64kb)
Baroness Ashton's workshop
On 13 September 2006 we held a workshop for representatives from the family history community, archive sector, and academic users. This was hosted by our Minister, Baroness Ashton. Find out more about the workshop
