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Re: Workroom Wish List



Oops!  Sorry 'bout that!  See you already have that on the list.

Holly

maggie marconi wrote:

> Listers,
>
> The library and museum where I work is preparing to undergo a major
> renovation
> and expansion.  Recently, the archivist and I met with the architect to
> talk about
> what we'd like to have in our workroom.  We brainstormed about it for
> quite
> a bit and came up with some good ideas.  I was wondering if any one else
> had
> a wish list of things they could have in their workrooms, or things they
> wish
> they didn't have.
>
> The room will be about 700 square feet, in the basement level (which
> means
> lower ceilings).  Most of the walls will be lined with cabinets at both
> sitting
> and standing height, and deeper than regular kitchen cabinets, to allow
> for more workspace.  There will be a few cutouts at the sitting level
> counter top,
> to allow staff, interns or volunteers to work sitting down.  The
> cabinets will
> lock, some will have pull out bins.  In additon, there will be at least
> one, if
> not two tall locking cabinets.
>
> There will be a large central work table, for processing collections,
> both
> archival and museum objects, or for laying out exhibits or
> what-have-you.
>
> We asked for a cutting station, to cut mylar, ethofoam, acid free
> tissue.
>
> We also asked for marker boards and bulletin boards.
>
> There will be a vented hood, and there will be a sink or two.
>
> This room will be adjacent to our office.
>
> There's a lot of space in the room, any other suggestions?  (If it would
> help
> you to know more about the institution, we are a public library which
> has, as
> a branch, an historic house museum.  When the renovation is done, the
> archives
> will be housed in the library building.  The house is an 1834 Greek
> Revival,
> and the museum collections tell the story of the city and the
> surrounding area.
> Our website details the history of the library and museum in-depth:
> www.sandusky.lib.oh.us)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Maggie Marconi
> Archives/Museum Services Manager
> Sandusky Library Follett House Museum
> Sandusky, OH
>
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