BIOS Reporter – Volume 35, No.1 – January 2011

This first issue of the second decade of the twenty-first century includes news of a significant development in the work of BIOS – the reIocation of the British Organ Archive (BOA) to its new home at the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham. The Archive is now housed in state-of-the-art facilities with a handsome research room in which to peruse documents. The task of preparing for the move fell to our indefatigable Honorary Archivist, Chris Kearl, who had to sort and pack a wide range of documents to a standard commensurate with the high level of archival storage offered by the Special Collections of the University of Birmingham. By the time this issue arrives on your doormat the BOA will be up and running again-see p. 5 for more details of the new access arrangements…