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
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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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