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
617.450.7125
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Gaudio
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Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:03
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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