[PADG:29] RE: booktrucks for moving

["Baird, Brian J" <bbaird@xxxxxxxxx>]

One thing you might consider is getting some of that plastic wrap used by shippers and movers to wrap up palletted boxes and such.  The big industrial sized rolls have heavy, strong plastic and wraps things tight.  This is probably too much, but you can also buy little 6" rolls of the plastic that you can use to wrap the trucks gently so as to hold the books in place without putting too much pressure on them.  This should be a very quick and easy solution.  Now you just have to keep the movers from tipping the trucks over.  :)  

Brian Baird 

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Brian J. Baird
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University of Kansas
134 Watson Library
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Scott Devine [mailto:Scott_Devine@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Monday, May 17, 2004 9:05 AM
To:	padg@xxxxxxx
Subject:	[PADG:28] booktrucks for moving

Good morning,

The DH Hill Library at NCSU is undergoing a major renovation beginning 
this fall, and all technical services will be relocated to a satellite 
facility one mile away from the main library.  This means that 
approximately 1,000 books per week will have to be transfered from our 
shelf prep unit to the circulation desk in the main library. 

Obviously, packing the books in boxes would take a lot of extra time, so 
I'm looking for booktrucks that would allow the books to be moved safely 
from the loading dock of our satellite facility onto a moving van (and 
strapped into place) and then onto the loading dock at the main library.

I've found some booktrucks called Samson Carts (available through Demco) 
that use bungee cords (!) stretched across the books to hold them in 
place, but I'm thinking there has to be something better out there.  
I've contacted a couple local "library" movers but haven't seen anything 
that appeals to me.  Ideally, I'd have something covered that would 
protect the books from rain, etc. 

We'll be in our satellite space for about 18 months, so I need something 
durable and reliable.  If you have any ideas or suggestions (for 
booktrucks or on managing the workflow in general under these 
circumstances), please let me know on or off the list.

Many thanks,
Scott

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Scott W. Devine
Head, Preservation Department
North Carolina State University Libraries
Campus Box 7111
Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
Tel. 919.513.1226
Fax. 919.515.7292
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu