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Congratulations, Jenny! I can't wait to read it. Charlotte Charlotte M. Johnson (she/her) | @cmjohnsonstvier Research Collection Coordinator, ULS Thomas Blvd University Library System University of Pittsburgh Need to talk faculty union? Ask me! Libraries Communication and Action Team (CAT) ...

Hi Maggie, We do not have a formal rule for restoring items back to campus permanently, since we'd rather that be an exception than a rule. I think to date I've only restored two books to our campus libraries: One was a book that was specifically requested to come back by our art library.The other ...

Hello everyone, I've been tasked to figure out how many volumes our high-density facility can theoretically store. I'm a little sheepish asking this, but how have other facilities predicted this number ("such-and-such library can hold up to 3mil volumes," for example)? So far, I've taken an average ...

Hi Katia, Pitt has custom carts made by our metal shop. If that's an option for U Penn, I can see if I can't get the plans for you. Just let me know! Thanks, Charlotte Charlotte M. Johnson (she/her) | @liber_aesthete Research Collection Coordinator, ULS Thomas Blvd University Library System ...

Hi all, A few of you may remember when I emailed the lama-storage listserv a few years ago asking for ideas on what would be useful in a library storage literature review article. I thought I'd send an update saying that I finally finished that literature review, and it can be found now in Collection ...

Hi Katia, A previous institution I worked at used those same bins. We bought a variety of sizes to accommodate varying load and material sizes. We did not have dedicated bins for each stop. We had laminated labels with all the campus libraries and checked the libraries with a wet-erase marker ...

Hello everyone! I'm Charlotte. I'm the Research Collection Coordinator (aka the Library Storage Librarian) at the University of Pittsburgh. I do strategic planning, collection maintenance, project planning for our offsite facility. I'm excited to see whether we can fill the hole the retirement of ...

Hi everyone, Trying this discussion group out. I'm looking for a copy of Kristen LT Jamison's 2011 technical report: Fire Protection and Loss Mitigation of High Density Library and Archival Storage from FM Global, as cited in Priddle & McCann 2015, as well as the 2012 webinar by Jennifer Hain ...