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University of South Carolina Library Annex and Conservation Facility
University of South Carolina Library Annex and Conservation Facility
| University of South Carolina Library Annex and Conservation Facility | ||
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| Affiliated Library | ||
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| Description | Located in Northeast Columbia near the South Carolina State Archives, the Library Annex provides a solution to the overcrowding of the university's libraries. The advanced building was designed to store materials of academic value and maintain them in a controlled environment. | |
| Contact Name: | Nelson N. Rivera | |
| E-mail address: | nnrivera@mailbox.sc.edu | |
| Phone Number: | 803-896-0780 | |
| Address: | State Park 8500 Farrow Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29203 United States | |
| Postal code: | 29203 | |
| Web site URL: | https://sc.edu/library/annex | |
| Permalink: |
 https://librarytechnology.org/storagefacility/10(Use this link to refer back to this listing.) | |
| Year opened: | 1999 | |
| Total Personnel: | 5 | |
| Annual Budget: | ||
| Total Capacity (volumes): | 1,500,000 | |
| Total Capacity (linear feet): | ||
| Building Size (square feet): | 19000 | |
| Current volume count: | 1,121,162 | |
| Technology Systems | ||
| Inventory Management System | CaiaSoft | |
| Date Implemented | 2018 | |
| Previous IMS | GFA Library Archival System | |
| Date Implemented | 1999 | |
| Operational Details | ||
| Harvard Model? | Does the facility generally follow the "Harvard Model"? | |
| Materials placed in trays? | Are most materials placed in trays? | |
| Materials placed on shelves? | Are most materials placed directly onto shelving? | |
| Shelving Height (max): | 30 | |
| Movable Shelving? | Does the facility use movable shelving? | |
| Robotics? | Is robotic equipment used for placement and retrieval? | |
| Operated lifts? | Are manually driven lifts or used for placement and retrieval? | |
| Shelved by Call Numbers? | Materials shelved according to library-assigned call numbers? | |
| Shelved by size? | Materials shelved according to size categories? | |
| Archival HVAC? | Facility monitors and manages temperature and humidity? | |
| Target operating temperature: | 50 (Degrees Fahrenheit) | |
| Target operating humidity: | 40 (Percent) | |
| In Library? | Is the repository located inside a library? | |
| Remote? | Is the repository located remotely from the library it serves? | |
| Max travel distance (miles): | 8 | |
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