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Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University

Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University. Donna Resetar Associate Dean of Library Services. Valparaiso University. Private, Lutheran Comprehensive Primarily undergraduate About 4,000 students Primarily residential About 300,000 vol. In northwest Indiana.

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Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University

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  1. Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University Donna Resetar Associate Dean of Library Services

  2. Valparaiso University • Private, Lutheran • Comprehensive • Primarily undergraduate • About 4,000 students • Primarily residential • About 300,000 vol. • In northwest Indiana

  3. Moellering Library Stacks • Crowded • Dark • Periodicals shelved with monographs

  4. In Moellering Library, collections were arranged by where they fit.

  5. Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources

  6. Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS)

  7. ASRS: What is it? • On-site storage system • Rows and columns of 2 x 4 ft. bins (various heights) in series of aisles • Materials stored in randomly selected bins as long as height matches • Bins retrieved by robotic crane in each aisle

  8. Christopher Center ASRS • 2 aisles = 4 rows bins • 26 columns • 18 bins/column • 1,872 bins • 2 cranes • 4 workstations • Est. capacity 300,000 vols.

  9. Click on the Request Button

  10. Type in your name, click Submit button

  11. Successful Request!

  12. ILS Server ASRS Server • ASRS server links barcode with bin number • ILS sends barcode to ASRS • ASRS server confirms receipt • ASRS server sends bin number to crane • Crane delivers bin • Worker scans barcode to break link between barcode & bin number Robotic Crane ASRS Workstation

  13. Circulation Desk staff can hear bins being delivered

  14. Staff hallway back to ASRS

  15. ASRS Workstation

  16. Materials from ASRS checked out at main Circulation Desk

  17. What we put in our ASRS • Bound periodicals 2003 and prior • Half of government documents collection (Serial Set, census publications) • Older reference sets and some print indexes (NUC pre-1956; Who’s who) • Archival artifacts and restricted papers

  18. Browsing is important!

  19. Impact of ASRS • Smaller building footprint • Simplified stack layout • Stacks open and inviting • Logical collection organization • More space for people & technology

  20. New library could meet height limitation with smaller footprint

  21. Early plan without ASRS

  22. Existing Plan with ASRS

  23. First Floor Logical arrangement and stack flow, especially for periodicals

  24. Second Floor ASRS Microforms Reference CollectionMaps

  25. Third Floor • Circulating monographs A-L • Call numbers jump aisles • Collection flows from front to back

  26. Fourth Floor • Circulating monographs M-Z

  27. Continuous sorting and reshelving

  28. For more information • http://www.valpo.edu/library • http://www.valpo.edu/library/ circ/ASRS_Video.mpg • http://www.valpo.edu/facilities/christophercenter/

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