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Automatic Storage and Retrieval System for ILL. Helen Sakrihei, The National Library of Norway Document Delivery Satellite Meeting, Nancy 2014. Topics. ILL in Norway Establishment of the Repository Library Storage solutions Automatic storage and retrieval system
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Automatic Storage and Retrieval System for ILL Helen Sakrihei, The National Library of Norway Document Delivery Satellite Meeting, Nancy 2014
Topics • ILL in Norway • Establishment oftheRepository Library • Storage solutions • Automatic storage and retrieval system • The collection • How does it work? • Digitization • Advantages and disadvantages • User feedback • Summary
ILL in Norway • 1-3 percentofloansare ILL • 2013: 800 000 ILL in Norway • 42% withinthe same county • 20% from theRepository Library
The establishment ofthe RL: 1 • 1980s: lackofstoragespace a problem for many Norwegian libraries • Need for a sharednationalstoragefacility and a interlibrary lending center
The establishment ofthe RL: 2 • 1989: Mo i Rana departmentof The National Library of Norway • Repository Library a major task for thedepartment
First years • Large volumesofpublications • Ordinarybookshelves • Mobile shelves
New storagesolution • End of 90’s: need for newstorage • Several alternatives wereconsidered • 2000: the Automatic Storage and Retrieval System waschosen
Automatic Storage and Retrieval System - Outside • Readyfor use in 2003 • Outside: Ordinarystoragebuilding • 52 x 13 x 14 meters
Automatic Storage and Retrieval System - Inside • 43.500 steelboxes • Three automaticminiloadcranes • Retrievalcenterwiththreepick-up stations • 150 meters ofpowered rollers
Chaos storage • Books have no permanent box or folder • Boxes have no permanent place in thestorage • Barcodesonpublication, box and folder
The collection • 1 000 000 monographs • 500 000 periodicals • Audiobooks, musicCDs, microfilms • Publications from Norwegian libraries. • Legalydepositednewpublications • Complete collectionof Norwegian monographs
How does it work? 1 • Loan ordersareautomaticallytransferred to thestorage • The WMS locatesthepositionoftheboxes • The cranesfetchtheboxes
How does it work? 2 • The boxesarebroughtfrom thestorage to theRetrievalcenter
How does it work? 3 • Operators pickthebooks, and readthebarcodes • Another book is put in thebox • Up to 800 items per day • Capacity: 150 items per hour
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Whatwedon’t do • Store thebooks in logical order • Pickthebooks from shelves • Putthem back in the same placewhentheyarereturned
Whatwe do • Store randomly • Receivetheboxesautomatically • Return thebooks in anybox
Digitization • NLN is digitizingitsentirecollection • 356 000 digitizedbooks so far • 250 000 bookswillbecomeaccessible online
Advantagesof ASRS • Compact and safe storage • Efficient handling ofloanorders • Reliable • Great overviewofthecollection
Disadvantages? None
User feedback • Users arelibraries, most Norwegian • 99% satisfiedusers • Fast delivering • Almostcompletecollection • Lending figuresdoubled
Whatarewedoingnow? • The storage is full • Building av new ASRS • Ready for use in 2015 • Capacity: 1 million items for the RL
Summary • The ASRS has given uscompact and safe storage • Automated handling ofloanorders is effective and reliable • Chaos-storing is safe(!)