Lisa,
If the collection you are moving hasn't had a recent inventory and you have the time, by all means do so. Your plan of of labeling boxes / shelves with corresponding information should do just fine. Tags with the same approach for the larger objects will also work. What about object
location? That was where we ran into some problems. While we were unpacking the boxes we became aware that we were going to have to add more shelves to accommodate the collections in some areas. This, after the shelves had already been numbered in sequence. Which means we were
looking at changing the location designation on quite a few already shelved objects. If you can find a way of this not happening to you it will save you a lot of grief!!
You've got a good plan. If the majority of the boxed collections stay in boxes, your space is adequate and your handlers already know what they are doing, your looking good.
One more thing to consider. As you stated, the objects in boxes will stay in boxed. For how long? Will they need to be unboxed in the future for access? If so, should you consider now how much room they will occupy and place the boxes accordingly? Just a thought.
Good luck on your new job. ( Hope you're making a living wage at it !! )

Jerry Fahey

Lisa Dunbar wrote:

> Hi,
> I am starting a new job soon at a different museum.  My first major project
> will be to move the collection from one off-site storage area to another.
> I am looking for suggestions on how to go about doing this in an organized
> fashion.  I was thinking of labelling all of the shelving units
> (ex. "Kitchen 1" or "Tools 1") and that each box on that shelving unit
> should have the same designation (ex. "Kitchen 1 Box 1 of 20") so that I
> will know just where to put the box when moved to the new site.  Also,
> though there is currently no location code for the present storage area,
> each box has a list on it of all of the items within it, along with
> accession number.  Is it necessary that I do a complete inventory of every
> object in the collection at this time, or just count the boxes and
> inventory the larger objects that are not in boxes for purposes of moving?
> Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
> Lisa
>
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