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A few of you have asked for a summary of the responses I received about space problems and selection criteria for storage; I'll try to do the many replies justice: Several people had good ideas for creating more space, including putting shelves in the window wells and looking for other more unorthodox areas where space could be utilized. We were happy to see that one response said that compact shelving technology had changed to where it is more likely that it can be installed in areas formerly thought not to be able to bear the weight. Several people mentioned compact shelving and reported that it helped a great deal, and was not much more expensive (in the long run) than off-site storage and paging/delivery costs. Of course, weeding to create space was mentioned, as was sending materials to on-site storage. A couple of people said that logical parts of their collection were redistributed to other libraries on their campuses--logical meaning that those materials weren't totally out of place in the new home. Patrons seemed not to mind walking across campus for the materials as much as having to page them from off-site. Some people mentioned that some of the materials they had in storage "rotated" each semester according to what was needed for course reserves, et cetera--chunks of books could come back for awhile and then be sent off-site again at the end of the semester. Several people mentioned that it is so difficult to send art books--visual materials--off-site because we are as good as throwing them away when we remove the patrons' ability to browse the images, but acknowledged the reality of having to turn to off-site storage as a LAST resort. Criteria for selection suggestions included setting a publication cut-off date ( ie: 1980) and sending anything prior to that date to storage, particularly journals. Other suggestions were to choose materials for storage that had not circulated in X number of years or that only circulated X number of times, and to send off older editions and duplicates (that could be paged back for reserves when needed). Using Arntzen and Rainwater to gauge the importance of certain titles was suggested. Most replies stressed the importance of conferring with the faculty, involving them in the process early on, and in keeping open communications with them to reduce anxiety on their part. I don't think there was one person who said that off-site storage was just not working out, and everyone said that patrons eventually became used to it. Delivery usually took place the same day or the next. Again, I really appreciate all of the responses. The collective wisdom of this group is simply invaluable. Sheryl Sheryl L. Wilhite Visual Resources Curator Dept. of Art Wellesley College 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 781-283-2057 or 781-283-2054 781-283-3647 Fax [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]