The Big Shift: How the University of Houston Libraries Moved Everything

Sharpe, Paul A.

doi:10.1080/15367967.2012.658726

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“…The article discusses making room and cleaning the new space for the bound journals as well as the importance of defining items being moved and their method of using stickers to designate items selected to move. 4 The Albert S. Cook Library had the opposite goal in mind when faced with the merger of two libraries. They were tasked with interfiling their periodical collection with their monograph collection.…”

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Clear the Floor: One Library’s Approach to the Removal and Integration of Items from Two Print Journal Collections

Gleasner¹

2023

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Due to the desire for more student space at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center reviewed its serial holdings both in the library and in its offsite storage facility and determined which titles to retain and discard. This paper will briefly describe the selection process and then discuss the methods and phases of the project used to discard material in two shelving locations including auctioning material, donating material to another library, removing unselected material, and repurposing material for a decorative noise-abatement wall. This paper will also discuss the process of integrating items selected for retention from two shelving locations in separate buildings into one shelving location. The author will share the lessons learned throughout the project.

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Section: Notes On Operationsmentioning

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Clear the Floor: One Library’s Approach to the Removal and Integration of Items from Two Print Journal Collections

Gleasner¹

2023

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Moving Collections

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Sullenger²

2019

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The Leviathan: How to Move 2.9 Million Government Documents Offsite

Wilhite

Haygood

2019

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The concept of moving a university's historic, 2.9 million item government documents collection offsite was daunting. The actual move of the collection took 24 months. In this move, much was learned about developing a project management plan, including: consult the literature early, anticipate confusion points within the collection, discuss wear-and-tear issues, and understand the effect the move would have on service. The final move required 31 working days over five months of shifting. Afterward, it was found that the repercussions of a move-especially on staff and reference work-can often be more jarring than the move itself.

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The Big Shift: How the University of Houston Libraries Moved Everything

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Clear the Floor: One Library’s Approach to the Removal and Integration of Items from Two Print Journal Collections

Clear the Floor: One Library’s Approach to the Removal and Integration of Items from Two Print Journal Collections

Moving Collections

The Leviathan: How to Move 2.9 Million Government Documents Offsite

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