North Carolina State University bookBot

North Carolina State University bookBot

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North Carolina State University bookBot
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Description	The Hunt Library bookBot, a robotic book delivery system, can store up to two million items in a climate-controlled environment and deliver any of them within five minutes of a click in the online catalog. Requiring one-ninth the space of conventional shelving, the bookBot helps transform this 21st-century library from a storage facility into a rich environment of learning and collaborative spaces.
Contact Name:	Kristen Wilson
E-mail address:	kmblake@ncsu.edu
Phone Number:
Address:	1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 United States
Postal code:	27607
Web site URL:	https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/hunt-library/bookbot
Permalink:	https://librarytechnology.org/storagefacility/89 (Use this link to refer back to this listing.)
Year opened:	2013
Total Personnel:
Annual Budget:
Total Capacity (volumes):	2,000,000
Total Capacity (linear feet):
Building Size (square feet):
Current volume count:	1,739,073
	Technology Systems
Inventory Management System	Dematic ASRS
Date Implemented	2013
	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):
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:	(Degrees Fahrenheit)
Target operating humidity:	(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):

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