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ACCESS TO UNIV. OF UTAH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS TO BE LIMITED



[Friday comment: Does anyone know how to say "abandon all
hope, ye who enter here!" in Latin?  This could just as easily be
titled that...]

Dear list, please see below a press release about access
restrictions to the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Dept. during the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter
Games.  This will be cross-posted everywhere we can think of, so
please excuse; and if you know of anyone who is thinking of
coming to Salt Lake City for research, please advise them to wait
until April.


SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ACCESS TO BE LIMITED DURING
OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AND PARALYMPICS, FEBRUARY 4 -
MARCH 17, 2002

The 2002 Olympic Winter Games will be held in Salt Lake City
from Friday, February 8, 2002, through Sunday, February 24, 2002,
and the Paralympics will follow from Thursday, March 7, through
Saturday, March 16, 2002. The University of Utah campus is a
center of the Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympics, with the
Opening and Closing ceremonies held at Rice-Eccles Stadium,
and the Olympic Village located on the upper campus in the former
Fort Douglas Military Reservation.  Due to the need for increased
security during this period, traffic restrictions, and the transfer of
parking spaces to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, access to
the J. Willard Marriott Library, including all units of the  Special
Collections Department, will be severely restricted.  In the Marriott
Library these include  Western Americana, the Manuscripts
Division, the Multimedia Archives, Rare Books and Book Arts, the
Middle East Library, and the Preservation Department.  In Building
213, access will be restricted to the University Records Center,
University Archives, and the Gifts and Exchange Program.

Hours of operation will also be curtailed, with the  Special
Collections Department open only 8:00AM to 5:00 PM Monday
through Friday.  In addition, on certain days the entire campus will
be closed to all normal business: these days are Wednesday,
February 6 and Friday, February 8, 2002.  Other closures may
become necessary, and may not be announced in advance.
During the Paralympics, to be held March 7-16, 2002, the Special
Collections Department will operate at normal business hours but
access to the campus may be difficult due to parking, traffic and
security restrictions.

Due to these restrictions, it is recommended that anyone who
wishes to visit any unit of Special Collections plan their  trips
accordingly, and if possible plan their research for the period
following the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympics.   Please
contact the Special Collections Department in advance if you need
to be on the campus during this time.  We regret any inconvience
this may cause.

To contact the Special Collections Department for further details,
call (801) 581-8863.  To contact the University Records Center, call
(801) 581-8242.   For campus-wide details and updates, see the
University of Utah s website at: http://www.utah.edu/2002atU/ or
call 587-2002.
Roy Webb, C.A.
Multimedia Archivist
Special Collections
J. Willard Marriott Library
295 South 1500 East
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah   84112
(801) 585-3073  //  fax (801) 585-3976
rwebb@library.utah.edu

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