Library News
If material is given/loaned, you will be asked to sign an agreement to pass copyright to the K.A.S. The reason for this is to save time and any problems should the work be used in the commercial world when a copyright form would have to be agreed and signed before publication, perhaps many years later. If requested, members can at the same time reserve their rights to fees, restrictions on publication, and to be credited by name. It would be helpful if affiliated societies and groups would at this stage supply a named person 'photographic liaison officer' so that contact can be made at short notice on either side. Any person who considers they could help should feel welcome to write to our Group at Maidstone Museum, giving details of any collection or photographs they may have or if they can assist photographically. Iain Foreman or one of the committee members will contact you in due course. Rochester upon Medway City Archives and the local Studies section of the Medway Group of Kent County Council Libraries have joined to form a Local Studies Centre at the Clocktower, Civic Centre, Strood, ME2 4AW. Genealogical sources such as parish records, census returns, and local directories can now be consulted at one location. Researchers will find a wide range of printed material, maps, and illustrations as well as local government and diocesan records relating to the area. Booking is necessary only if there is a need to examine archival material or items held on microfilm or microfiche such as census returns or local newspapers. Open Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesdays, 9 am to 6 pm, and the first and third Saturdays in each month, 9 am to 1 pm. For further details, telephone: 0634 732714.
Peter Draper,
Hon. Librarian, K.A.S.