Shelving Special Collections Materials by Size

Shelf space is a precious commodity in libraries, especially for special collections, which rarely deaccession materials. To deal with this problem, many librarians try to maximize efficiency their shelving approaches. A common solution constraints adjusting shelves store materials by size categories. This approach understudied, however, and projects reorganize are often undertaken little more than anecdotal evidence or intuition support them. Using reorganization of the oversize at Special Collections University Missouri as case study, article lays out some concrete numbers who considering books size. The study indicates that subdividing into upright flat can result an increase up 600 percent stored upright. systemic also offers preservation benefits, flat.