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Good morning! If an item is returned to us and no longer fits in the tray it came from, we reassign it to a new tray. The software we use, CaiaSoft, allows us to record the empty space in the original tray. Recording the space in the original tray allows us to go back and backfill the tray. -Katia ...

It's November and I'm finally getting around to chiming in on this topic. Our facility has climate controls, but due to the nature of the building we cannot maintain anything close to what the standard is (ie Harvard's 50F/30% RH). That being said, we do store any and all objects -- realia, microform, ...

Hi Cathy -- I like the idea of a monthly discussion topic. Some ideas off the top of my head: *how do you store and circulate microfiche? *what kind of specialized shelving do you have for oversize material (ie objects, large poster tubes) or artwork? As for conferences, at the moment I'm only ...

Hi all --  our high density facility rents space to other libraries. I'm interested to hear how other libraries charge for space rental. If your facility does this, would you be willing to share your pricing structure? I'm also interested in other cost recovery charges such as delivery, refile, and ...

Hi Tammy -- we recently purchased a ZEBRA ZT411 (https://www.barcodesinc.com/zebra/zt411.htm) for use in our facility to print the tray labels. We also use LabelMatrix as our label making software.  --Katia ------------------------------ Katia Strieck Librarian University of Pennsylvania ---------- ...

Good morning --  Penn Libraries are looking to replace our current wood crates that go up on the lift with a product similar to this:  https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Forkliftable-Single-Side-Access-39E657?opr=APPD&analytics=altItems_39E658 GRAINGER APPROVED Forkliftable ...

Good Friday afternoon --  I'm interested in hearing about what kind of bins everyone uses to transport material from their storage location to circulation desks on campus. We currently use postal bins -- they're that plastic corrugated material and have no lids.  I'd like to transition to using lidded ...

Good morning --  I am Katia Strieck. I am the Head of Metadata Services as well as the Interim Director of LIBRA (Library Research Annex) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. I've been in the LIBRA position for about 19 months -- something the pandemic and I share in common.  Needless to say ...