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Library Off-Site Shelving: Guide for High-Density Facilities Edited by Danuta A. Nitecki and Curtis L Kendrick 2001 xi + 241 pp. ISBN: 1 56308 885 1 £57.50
Keywords Library management. Facilities management, Storage, Virtual reality, Education, security, Disaster planning, United States of America
Review DOI 10.1108/00242530310501482
"Many would consider off-site storage to be what economists call an inferior good. Who among us wouldn't prefer to build spacious new libraries with perfect climate control and adaptable infrastructure for future technological requirements right on campus." Thus begins the introduction to this useful collection of essays on high-density off-site shelving facilities in the USA. The contributors, primarily librarians but also including an architect, a storage consultant and a systems analyst, bring their specialist knowledge to bear in this highly pragmatic description of the planning, construction and operational issues of such facilities. It is the stated aim of the editors, themselves...