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From: Selby, Barbara S. (bms8z) (bms8z eservices.virginia.edu)
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| Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:53:53 -0700 (PDT) | |
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We’re a lot like Larry. Many govdocs in storage, all cataloged. We have fast delivery – but mostly the following day. Stuff requested before 11am might arrive the same day. Also, have Proquest digital (nearly)
everything. (I love my law library!) We retrofitted our storage facility about 2 years ago and almost doubled the capacity. However, it is, of course, filling up again. Plus, we’ll (cross your fingers) be renovating Alderman Library (where the
gov docs are) and will undoubtedly be moving more stuff to storage. Definitely more gov docs. I would also find an ASERL webinar useful. Barbie Barbie Selby Manager, Research & Information Services Librarian for Sociology Regional Federal Depository Librarian Alderman Library 434-982-2677 If you have a chance to meet with Barbie, I highly recommend it. She knows the eccentricities of searching that can save grad students a great deal of time and frustration.
–Francesca T. Research doesn't need to be hard, and Barbie knows all the tricks of the trade. – Georgina T.
From: Romans, Larry [mailto:larry.romans [at] Vanderbilt.Edu]
More than half of our Central Library collection is in an off-site storage a couple of miles from campus, and almost all of those documents are catalogued. Requests made before 10:30 AM arrive in the afternoon
mail; requests made after 10:30 AM come in the next morning’s mail. That can be speeded up if necessary. Given that we have ProQuest government information everything, our use of print both from storage and in our on-site collection is down significantly.
Maps are housed in our Science and Engineering library, which is in the building next to ours. (Central Library covers the humanities and social sciences.) Our biggest problem is that our storage facility is virtually filled, so we can add only about 50 shelves
a year to storage. An ASERL seminar on best practices for storing documents offsite would be useful. Larry Larry Romans,
Vanderbilt University Central Library
Nashville, TN 37203-2427 larry.romans [at] vanderbilt.edu (615) 322-2838 From: Hallie Pritchett [mailto:hpritche [at] uga.edu]
About half of our US documents collection is housed in our off-site Repository; as with all UGA Libraries materials housed off-site, these items are generally
retrieved within 24 hours. Another 25% or so of the collection is housed in closed stacks in our Main Library and paged on demand by Map and Government Information Library staff during our open hours. The remaining 25% of the collection is housed in open stacks
in either the Map and Government Information Library or the Science Library. A small number of historical documents, including Serial Set volumes through the 60th Congress, are housed in our Special Collections Libraries building; these are also paged on
demand during that building's open hours. My staff is responsible for stacks maintenance of our documents collection in all locations except the Special Collections Libraries building. It should
be noted that we chose not to house microformats, electronic documents (CDs, etc) or maps off site due to the logistics of filing and retrieving non-book items. Having moved entire government documents collection as well as our map collection in and out of various buildings within the past 2 years, my best advice
is start planning ASAP and get a good tape measure - a good portion of our move planning involved counting and measuring. Hallie Pritchett From: Kathryn Wesley <KWESLEY [at] clemson.edu> Bill and All, We have not yet started sending depository materials to storage, but are planning to do so. We probably will start before the year is over. Our facility is not shared. I would be thrilled to see an ASERL webinar on this topic. Best, Kathryn Wesley Team Leader, Continuing Resources and Government Documents From: SUDDUTH III, BILL [mailto:SUDDUTHW [at] mailbox.sc.edu]
Folks, I’m curious how many folks are currently sending depository materials to a storage facility. I’m also curious if your materials are going into a shared facility, ie shared with another
institution. Reply to the list if you want to share and me –
sudduthw [at] mailbox.sc.edu if you just want my eyes to see your message. Last question – how many of you would be interested in an ASERL webinar on the issues? Thanks Bill Sudduth Head, Government Information and Maps University of South Carolina Thomas Cooper Library 1322 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-1775 (desk) 803-777-4841 (public) |
- Re: gov docs in storage, (continued)
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Re: gov docs in storage Kathryn Wesley, April 9 2014
- Re: gov docs in storage Kathryn Wesley, April 9 2014
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Re: gov docs in storage Hallie Pritchett, April 9 2014
- Re: gov docs in storage Romans, Larry, April 9 2014
- Re: gov docs in storage Selby, Barbara S. (bms8z), April 9 2014
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Re: gov docs in storage Kathryn Wesley, April 9 2014
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Re: gov docs in storage Kathryn Wesley, April 9 2014
- Re: gov docs in storage Hallie Pritchett, April 9 2014
- Re: gov docs in storage Jeff Essic, April 10 2014
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