Jen,

I have been through two moves similar to yours.  In one move we had a year
and half transitional period.  The other was more direct.  I have found that
a strategic plan, an up-to-date inventory, digital  images, and a database
are essential.  Please feel free to call me or e-mail me off line.

Alan

Alan K. Lester, Senior Curator
The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Gaudio [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Moving collections

Good morning all,

My institution is looking at moving to different site within the year. There
will be a "transitional" period where the major part of the staff will move
to the new building upon closing while I and our archivist will remain in
the old facility preparing the collection to move to a separate offsite
storage facility near the new site. Our object collection contains about
10,000 objects ranging from industrial machinery to decorative arts. Our
archival collection is about as large and contains a sizeable portion of
photographs-about 20,000-and hundreds of glass plate negatives. I am looking
for some direction or advice about planning and preparing the collection for
such a move. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Jen

Jennifer Gaudio
Curator

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