We are a professional full service records management company specializing in high density mobile filing and storage equipment, record management software, file conversions, modular casework and move services. We have been serving the Washington DC metro area for over
35 years.
Changing Space: Storage Solutions for the 21st Century Library
Modern libraries have evolved from their traditional roles. Libraries of all types have faced the challenge of transitioning from simple book collections to multifunctional learning centers and community gathering places. As the demand for increased and improved services grows, so grows the need for more space — often without the luxury of a growing budget.
Fortunately there is a solution to the library space dilemma that is practical and cost- effective. Spacesaver's High Density Mobile Storage Units and Mobile Library Shelving Systems can relieve space pressure in education, computer, reading and administration areas by maximizing space efficiency in collection areas. Spacesaver Mobile Storage Systems can actually double a library's collection capacity.
Academic libraries added 24 million books, serial back files, and other paper materials including government documents in 2008, plus 20 million E-books, 3.4 million current serial subscriptions, and 3.4 million audiovisual materials units.
Our clients find that 50-90 percent of their active collections can be housed in high density mobile storage systems. These carriages compact together, eliminating the need for multiple aisles and substantially reducing the space required.
Statistics show that approximately 140,000 of the 1.1 million books now on library shelves will go into storage with about 1 million scholarly journals, documents and other materials. These collections are being stored in the Spacesaver Mobile High Bay Solution.
