Packing & paring down the collection
I think I've said in ths forum that the library at NASA HQ will be relocated to a spot elsewhere on the ground floor of the building. Over the last few months I've tagged books that didn't meet the criteria we drew up for the collection, & over the last few days alone, about a book-cart's worth of books have been removed from the shelves. Now, aside from items like old volumes of physical or chemical constants*, they won't get pulped in a recycler. The books are being offered to the other NASA libraries, & if they are declined, the books are sent to a repository where public libraries & college libraries can get them.
Now, though, the time has come to box up the ones that are left. Since it still may not be a good idea for me to hoist boxes full of books, I'm in charge of printing up dozens of labels. We're supposed to be out of the current location by June, & we'll spend the rest of the federal fiscal year in temporary quarters upstairs. The new digs-assuming that Uncle Sam decides to keep us around-will be ready for the new fiscal year. Since the entire building is being remodelled to bring it to LEED Silver status, I suspect that while the space we have will be a tad smaller (I've been told that it's about 80% the size of the current library), it'll be a lot more comfortable in terms of cooling in summer & heating in winter.
*Some were just a tad younger than the library itself. As the NASA HQ library was the library of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronatuics, founded during WWI, you can see that these pretty much had to go. Also, the library doesn't have a lot of use for their successors, as it's mostly a policy, management, & history collecton, with sidelines in education & public outreach.
Now, though, the time has come to box up the ones that are left. Since it still may not be a good idea for me to hoist boxes full of books, I'm in charge of printing up dozens of labels. We're supposed to be out of the current location by June, & we'll spend the rest of the federal fiscal year in temporary quarters upstairs. The new digs-assuming that Uncle Sam decides to keep us around-will be ready for the new fiscal year. Since the entire building is being remodelled to bring it to LEED Silver status, I suspect that while the space we have will be a tad smaller (I've been told that it's about 80% the size of the current library), it'll be a lot more comfortable in terms of cooling in summer & heating in winter.
*Some were just a tad younger than the library itself. As the NASA HQ library was the library of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronatuics, founded during WWI, you can see that these pretty much had to go. Also, the library doesn't have a lot of use for their successors, as it's mostly a policy, management, & history collecton, with sidelines in education & public outreach.