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Rutgers University Libraries Annex | ||
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Description | The Rutgers University Libraries Annex is a remote storage facility located on the Busch Campus. The Libraries Annex opened in 1982 and the three-story construction is designed to house approximately one-half million volumes in a closed stacks temperature-controlled environment. Infrequently used periodicals, monographs, government documents, and archives are stored at the Libraries Annex. | |
Contact Name: | Dean Meister | |
E-mail address: | meister@libraries.rutgers.edu | |
Phone Number: | 848-445-2089 | |
Address: | 47 Davidson Road , NJ, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5603 United States | |
Postal code: | 08854-5603 | |
Web site URL: | https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/annex | |
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Year opened: | 1982 | |
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Annual Budget: | ||
Total Capacity (volumes): | 750,000 | |
Total Capacity (linear feet): | 49000 | |
Building Size (square feet): | 30000 | |
Current volume count: | 500,000 | |
Technology Systems | ||
Inventory Management System | None | |
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Integrated library system? |
The facility uses an ILS rather than a dedicated inventory management system | |
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): | 8 | |
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: | 65 (Degrees Fahrenheit) | |
Target operating humidity: | 35 (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): | 3 |
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