Reaching Critical Mass: Off-Site Storage in the Digital Age.

Chepesiuk, Ron

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ERIC Number: EJ586398

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Publication Date: 1999

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Reaching Critical Mass: Off-Site Storage in the Digital Age.

Chepesiuk, Ron

American Libraries, v30 n4 p40-43 Apr 1999

Discusses why digitization is not the solution to libraries' storage problems. Describes Harvard University's first off-site storage model and the creation of book storage facilities by several other universities, also noting collaborative storage arrangements. (AEF)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Facility Planning, Information Storage, Library Administration, Library Planning, Models, Off Campus Facilities, Printed Materials, Shared Facilities, Universities

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Language: English

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