Core Library Storage Interest Group

Storage folks,

 

Good afternoon from Cathy Martyniak (LC) and Amy Boucher (Harvard), co-chairs of the ALA CORE Library storage interest group. We are sending out this email asking folks to let us know what topics might be good to hear about virtually this March during CORE interest group week.

 

We have some ideas to get the conversation rolling:

 

1. Care and handling of boxed, archival and oddly shaped materials during transportation, shelving and storage
2. Storage in the age of declining print acquisitions
3. What idea do you have?

 

 

Best,

 

Cathy and Amy

 

Cathy Martyniak

Chief, Collections Management Division

Library of Congress

Direct:  202-707-1410

Cell:  202-597-4684

cmartyniak@loc.gov

 

 

I would love to hear from libraries who have retrofitted existing buildings to use for library storage rather than building new high-density facilities. I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who successfully have done that, and who have considered it but decided, for whatever reasons, it was not the way to go. High density storage facilities are expensive to build, and I think several organizations are looking for alternatives when they run out of shelf space. Adding a vendor for this type of storage might also be interesting.

Beth

Beth Doyle

Head, Conservation Services Dept. | Preservation Officer

Duke University Libraries

(She/her/hers)