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| author | Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy |
| author_facet | Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Planning and Strategy for Setting Up and Operating Academic Libraries in Temporary Quarters: Experiences of Two Northeast Colleges. Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy Academic Libraries Facility Expansion Higher Education Library Development Library Facilities Library Planning Library Services Relocatable Facilities The prospect of resolving a library's space and utilization problems through expansion and renovation carries with it the question of how to maintain operations during construction. Few libraries, especially those in the academic world, can afford to close their doors for very long, even though the prospect of maintaining ongoing operations amid an atmosphere of noise and dust is daunting. This dilemma was faced by two academic libraries in the Northeast: Lyndon State College in Vermont and Skidmore College in New York. Both colleges chose the course of moving library operations completely out of the building undergoing renovation and expansion. Both also considered options such as off-campus storage and segmenting collections to fit in smaller on-campus spaces. There are many factors to take into account when moving a library to temporary quarters--finding adequate space, expense planning, moving two times, personnel stress, and the effect on patrons. Compared to the alternatives--extended construction period, noise, dust, moving materials from place to place--moving out can be a positive decision. (Author/SWC) |
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| publishDate | 1996 |
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| spellingShingle | Planning and Strategy for Setting Up and Operating Academic Libraries in Temporary Quarters: Experiences of Two Northeast Colleges. Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy Academic Libraries Facility Expansion Higher Education Library Development Library Facilities Library Planning Library Services Relocatable Facilities Planning and Strategy for Setting Up and Operating Academic Libraries in Temporary Quarters: Experiences of Two Northeast Colleges. Nelson, Garet Stanley, Laurel Eyman, David Seiden, Peggy Academic Libraries Facility Expansion Higher Education Library Development Library Facilities Library Planning Library Services Relocatable Facilities The prospect of resolving a library's space and utilization problems through expansion and renovation carries with it the question of how to maintain operations during construction. Few libraries, especially those in the academic world, can afford to close their doors for very long, even though the prospect of maintaining ongoing operations amid an atmosphere of noise and dust is daunting. This dilemma was faced by two academic libraries in the Northeast: Lyndon State College in Vermont and Skidmore College in New York. Both colleges chose the course of moving library operations completely out of the building undergoing renovation and expansion. Both also considered options such as off-campus storage and segmenting collections to fit in smaller on-campus spaces. There are many factors to take into account when moving a library to temporary quarters--finding adequate space, expense planning, moving two times, personnel stress, and the effect on patrons. Compared to the alternatives--extended construction period, noise, dust, moving materials from place to place--moving out can be a positive decision. (Author/SWC) |
| title | Planning and Strategy for Setting Up and Operating Academic Libraries in Temporary Quarters: Experiences of Two Northeast Colleges. |
| topic | Academic Libraries Facility Expansion Higher Education Library Development Library Facilities Library Planning Library Services Relocatable Facilities |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED410956 |