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Re: Library move and renovation
From:
Brad Bredehoft <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:57:39 -0500
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Christina,
Lori Benson who teaches our Moving Museum Collections course at Museum 
Study recommends this book:
Bendix, Caroline. Moving Library and Archive Collections. British 
Library Preservation Advisory CentreFirst published January 2005 as 
Packing and moving library and archives collections, Revised August 2013.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft
CEO
Museum Study, LLC
www.MuseumStudy.com

On 7/16/2019 2:21 PM, Christina Lillpopp wrote:
>
> Good afternoon!
>
> I would love to hear from anyone who has ever done a Library 
> move/renovation.  We are in the preliminary planning stages and would 
> love any feedback and insight from your own experiences.  We are also 
> looking for resources where we might be able to *rent mobile book 
> trucks for a period of time* to move books from point A to point B.
>
> Our library consists of about 11k items, including books, magazines, 
> yearbooks, scrapbooks, pamphlets, manuals, hardcover books 
> fiction/non-fiction.  The oldest and most fragile books of our 
> collection are actually boxed individually.  While renovation is 
> taking place, the items will be stored/staged in a temporary location 
> within our Museum.
>
> Feel free to email me directly off list to share any pearls of wisdom.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> 	
>
> Christina Lillpopp
>
> Collections Manager
>
> FASNY Museum of Firefighting
>
> 117 Harry Howard Avenue
>
> Hudson, NY 12534
>
> 518-822-1875 ext. 14
>
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