[aisle] Moving Books for New Carpet

[Amy Stefanski]

Follett brought me a ton of book boxes out of their warehouse. I put the
books in order in the box with call numbers and labeled #1 - #44. Then went
in order.



On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:24 AM Karyn Nadler via AISLE <
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> We had a company come in and box them, of course when they box them, and
> then put them back on the shelf, they are backwards and too many per shelf.
> It is much easier to fix a shelf than the whole library. All of it is TIME
> CONSUMING. If you are stacking boxes make sure they are not stacked high,
> as the weight of the boxes of books on top  will ruin the spines of the
> books on the bottom.
> Also, if you are setting up the library the same way, take pictures and
> measurements of where things were. Our crew tried putting our easy book
> shelves in the back of the library, and backwards.
>
> New carpeting is exciting 👍
>
>
>
> Karyn Nadler, MLIS
> Library Media Specialist
> Robert Crown School
> Wauconda, IL 60084
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> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:01 AM Jessica Rebella via AISLE <
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>> We moved our shelves last summer. The maintenance crew used cardboard to
>> help keep the books in their place, then saran-wrapped all the shelves. We
>> labeled the shelves to keep the books in order. It actually worked really
>> well!
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 7:45 AM Renee Kozeal via AISLE <
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>>
>>> We got a new library several years ago and had to move our books and
>>> store them for a while as the new library got finished and the old library
>>> got reconfigured. We used boxes and they worked really well. I think we put
>>> the Dewey numbers on the boxes. I think custodians would be more successful
>>> boxing books in order than placing them on a cart in order. They will be
>>> able to pack faster with boxes, and books may get put on a cart in the
>>> wrong order. I would recommend reshelving the books yourself to ensure they
>>> are correct and maybe actually label the boxes yourself as they pack, too.
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Renee Kozeal
>>> Princeton HS
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 6:07 AM Annie McClellan via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have to move out all of our books for new carpet this summer, and
>>>> I’m pretty terrified of how this is going to work. Anyone have any
>>>> suggestions for keeping the books in order? Maintenance staff will be
>>>> moving them out and in.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> --
>>>> Annie McClellan
>>>> Media Specialist
>>>> Sullivan High School
>>>> Sullivan Middle School
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