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College of William and Mary Swem Library Offsite Stacks
| College of William and Mary Swem Library Offsite Stacks | ||
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| Description | Swem Library's Offsite Stacks (SOSS) is a storage facility located off campus that houses lesser-used materials and items requiring special environmental protection in a permanent, climate-controlled facility. Faculty, staff and students can request books, journals, DVDs, VHS tapes and other materials from this facility. Materials are retrieved Monday through Friday. | |
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| Address: | , Williamsburg, Virginia United States | |
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 https://librarytechnology.org/storagefacility/94(Use this link to refer back to this listing.) | |
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| Inventory Management System | None | |
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| Integrated library system? |
The facility uses an ILS rather than a dedicated inventory management system | |
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| 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? | |
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| 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? | |
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| In Library? | Is the repository located inside a library? | |
| Remote? | Is the repository located remotely from the library it serves? | |
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