Planning Shifts of Collections:
Getting an
Overview
Get these things:
- maps of each floor, current range configuration
- maps of each floor, final range configuration
Find out these things:
- the Library Administration's goals for this
shift (timelines, whether you're hiring a moving company or professional
library collection movers to shift books, or using internal staff)
- whether you're going to have volunteers working on the shift
- whether the library will be open to the public during the shift
- who in the library has final say on plans
- whether you're responsible for planning the moves of offices, public
study areas, etc., or just the collections
- if these non-collection areas are moving but you aren't responsible,
who is and how the two factions relate
- who's responsible for publicity
- when new shelving is supposed to arrive, who sets it
up, whether there must be coordination with the construction folks (will
carpet be put in and ready for shelving?, etc.), and who's in charge of
each of these areas
- when shelving goes into new space, or gets reorganized in old space,
are there ceiling height limitations? Lighting or sprinkler-head
concerns? (Your architects should have this under control, but you should
be aware of soffits, Fire Marshall regulations, etc., especially for
areas which the construction may not touch but which may be used in a
different way than it was...)
- what ADA rules you need to know and abide by
- who in your organization knows about safety and body mechanics, etc.
and can do training
- who in your organization knows about preservation so they can give
input on care of materials during shifting, and whether collection needs
to be cleaned or dusted
- whether materials are coming out of storage and going into the
library stacks, or vice versa
- budget for supplies
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