[aisle] Moving Books for New Carpet

[Jamie Lain]

Between new carpet and remodels, I have moved collections three times. For us, renting book carts was cheaper and easier than purchasing boxes.   I labeled each cart with a color-coded, numbered label. For example, all fiction carts had a green label, all biographies were yellow, etc.  The carts were numbered in the order they were removed from the shelf. I also added the starting and ending call number.  I printed each label on a full sheet of copy paper so they were large enough to see from a distance and labeled both ends of the carts.  I had volunteers moving the items, so labeling helped keep things organized.

Feel free to contact me with any questions. 

Jamie Lain
District Media Specialist
Seneca Grade School
Jlain at sgs170.org

> On Apr 27, 2020, at 6:07 AM, Annie McClellan via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> 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!
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> Annie McClellan
> Media Specialist
> Sullivan High School 
> Sullivan Middle School
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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