Christina,
There are a lot of choices available depending upon
what you already have and what you anticipate you need. I would imagine
you already have flat rolling utility carts such as Rubbermaid or the
like. These will work well for larger and flat objects. I gave away
two of these because I could not fit them into my truck after a project
- as with any of these carts, a significant cost will be
shipment/transportation. Unless you can find a very local vendor who
rents, the shipment costs can quickly exceed buying your own. You have not
specified how many carts you believe you need, so that also may impact
alternatives. Flat utility carts can be purchased almost anywhere,
including local big box stores.
Sloped library book carts are harder to find
locally. Here are some alternatives from Amazon that include free Prime
shipping.
If you have a good used office furniture store near
you, you may get lucky. I have bought 1000's (literally) of used shelves
and standards for a large storage reorganization project at a museum a few years
ago. It probably saved them $20,000 over buying new. But used is
always hit-or-miss, and again, shipping costs can quickly rule out items farther
away from you.
You probably have some idea of how many carts you
need. If you are planning on loading one or two, moving them, then
unloading and repeating, you would have to spend very little for carts. On
the other hand, if they will be full of library items for a while, you may need
a lot of carts. I believe you will find it is less expensive to buy (you
can sell after you have used them if you do not need them and recoup some of the
costs) rather than rent, if you can even find a local rental
source.
One final thought. You may wish to check with
local libraries to see if they have any they are not using that you could
borrow. Who knows, they may even give them to you.
Marc
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 3:21 PM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Library move and renovation
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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