[padg] Library of Congress tour of High Density Storage at Ft Meade

["Jeanne Drewes" <jdre@xxxxxxx>]

Tues June 26, 2007

Tour of the Library's Ft. Meade High Density Book Storage Facility
Transportation provided, buses leave from the Washington Convention
Center
Tour 1: 8:30 am - 12:00 noon
Tour 2: 1:00 - 4:30 pm

In November 2002, the Library of Congress opened the first of a series
of high density book storage modules at Ft. Meade, Maryland
approximately 29 miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. Module 1 is
now full, and occupancy of Module 2 has begun. Modeled after the Harvard
University high density storage facility, the Library*s off-site
storage facilities feature a state of the art environment for
paper-based collections, and a storage configuration that maximizes
capacity within the allotted space. The Library will conduct two tours
of the Ft. Meade facility on Tuesday, June 26; one leaving the
Convention Center at 8:30 am, returning by noon; the second, leaving the
Convention Center at 1:00 pm, returning by 4:30 pm. Space is limited and
advanced sign-up is required. There is no charge for this field trip.
Transportation will be provided by the Library of Congress. 


You must sign up for the tour from the LC website at 
http://www.loc.gov/ala/tours/index.html 
Because the tour is Tues it is at the end of the page of tours.

We look forward to seeing you.  


Jeanne Drewes
Chief, Binding & Collections Care, 
Library of Congress, LM-G20
jdre@xxxxxxx
202 707 5330
FAX: 202 707 3434