Keep European Resource Centre (Baykov Library) on main Birmingham University Campus

"I write as a East European analyst at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We hugely value CREES as a centre of expertise on Eastern Europe and would wish to see it remain so. I agree whole-heartedly with Michael Kaser that the best library in its field s"

"Throughout my career, this renowned library has been one of the two of three main reference points for scholars in the field of Soviet and Post-Soviet. It is inconceivable that the university intends to separate it from CREES. This is the equivalent of a"

"As one who has worked in the field of Russian affairs since graduating from Leeds University in 1981 - for the MoD, the BBC and now as Executive Director of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce - I am appalled at the shot-sighted nature of this planned m"

"The Baykov library is a formidable resource. The quality and depth of the holdings, the knowledgeable librarians and the mixing of students, staff and visiting researchers all contributed to its importance for research while I was a student in CREES (mast"

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"The Baykov library is a treasury belonging to British scholars and made usable by its current location. It is spectacular, holding the major resources that one needs to do research on modern Russia. I find it difficult to believe that a university would a"

"The Baykov library collection is a major depository of publications on the area of the former Soviet Union. I often send students from Cambridge to consult its resources. Its contents are irreplacable and it is essential that access is not difficult for r"

"I fully support the petition as quality is clearly under threat. I was part of the 1995 TQA team that awarded the Russian Department and CREES one of the highest marks available, substantially because of the research and learning resources of the Baykov L"

"The synergies arising from the co-location of CREES and the Baykov Library have for decades enhanced the worldwide reputation of CREES as a top research centre specialising in Russia and Eastern Europe. The planned separation would be a serious blow to vi"

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"Very short-sighted. A loss of an important asset both to the university as a whole and to those who use (and will want to use) the library. And why no contact with staff before the decision? On the face of it this sounds deplorable. Moving it will surely "

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"This seems an incredibly blinkered and foolish proposal."

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"The Baykov Library is one of the greatest research libraries in Russian and East European Studies in Europe. The changes propose would at a stroke destroy its value to scholars from all parts of the world who come to use its incomparable collection - and "

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