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Re: Double Depth Shelving Query



Double depth shelving was originally developed to be used as a single depth
shelving unit accessible from two aisles.  Manufactured as one double depth
unit, the shelving had more stability and occupied slightly less space than
two single depth units placed back-to-back.  This stability factor increased
when the units are stacked upward to form two "floors" of storage.  The
space savings becomes significant when multiplied throughout a large storage
facility.  Somewhere along the line, some genius decided the space savings
could increase even more if the double depth units were set up back-to-back.
This resulted in less floor space being used for aisle and access, and more
"footprint" being used for box storage.  Good for maximizing use of floor
space, bad for minimizing retrieval and access time.


Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, MIT/LIT)
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
vjones@ci.newport-news.va.us


-----Original Message-----
From: Kennedy, Deborah [mailto:Deborah.Kennedy@METROKC.GOV]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:36 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Double Depth Shelving Query



Double depth shelving makes sense for Records Centers but I would really
like to hear from some of pros and cons for double depth shelving in an
archival setting.

We have double depth shelving in our stack and I'd like some ideas for
getting rid of it.

Deborah Kennedy
King County Archivist
King County Archives and Records Management
1215 E Fir Street,   Seattle, WA 98122
phone: 206/205-1396, fax: 206/205-1399


-----Original Message-----
From: Wood, Thomas [ mailto:Wood.Thomas@UIS.EDU <mailto:Wood.Thomas@UIS.EDU>
]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:27 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Double Depth Shelving Query


Seriously, where we have double-depth (and double-height) shelving we try to

arrange the boxes in a consistent manner to facilitate retrieval. For
example, box 1 will be on top in front; 2 on top in back; 3 on bottom in
front; 4 on bottom in back. Generally, I only put record center boxes on
such shelving. Or "banker's boxes" of unprocessed records.

It's certainly not an ideal method of storage. The boxes on bottom tend to
get somewhat crushed (especially the lids), and the wrestling of boxes to
and fro tends to damage them. That's why I ONLY use such shelving for very
low-access material.

Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/library/lib-arch
<http://www.uis.edu/library/lib-arch>


-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Webb [ mailto:rwebb@LIBRARY.UTAH.EDU
<mailto:rwebb@LIBRARY.UTAH.EDU> ]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:10 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Double Depth Shelving Query


> Murphy's Law applies with a vengeance here. The box you want is ALWAYS the

> one on the bottom, in back!
>
I'd say it's more complicated, like the location of the box you want
is directly related to the height of the person wanting it.  For me, at
6 feet 3 inches and getting stiffer and older all the time, it's always
on the very bottom shelf.  For my former boss, who was a shade
less than 5 feet tall, it was always on the very top.  Funny how
those boxes can jump around!


Roy Webb, C.A.

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