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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 | |
| Permalink: |
 https://librarytechnology.org/storagefacility/78(Use this link to refer back to this listing.) | |
| 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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