automatic storage and stack arrangement at valparaiso university donna resetar associate dean of...
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Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University
Donna Resetar
Associate Dean of Library Services
Valparaiso University• Private, Lutheran
• Comprehensive
• Primarily undergraduate
• About 4,000 students
• Primarily residential
• About 300,000 vol.
• In northwest Indiana
ASRS: What is it?• On-site storage system
• Rows and columns of 2 x 4 ft. bins (various heights) in series of aisles
• Materials stored in randomly selected bins as long as height matches
• Bins retrieved by robotic crane in each aisle
Christopher Center ASRS
• 2 aisles = 4 rows bins
• 26 columns• 18 bins/column• 1,872 bins• 2 cranes• 4 workstations• Est. capacity
300,000 vols.
ILS Server
ASRS Server
Robotic Crane
ASRS Workstation
•ASRS server links barcode with bin number•ILS sends barcode to ASRS•ASRS server confirms receipt•ASRS server sends bin number to crane •Crane delivers bin•Worker scans barcode to break link between barcode & bin number
What we put in our ASRS• Bound periodicals 2003 and prior
• Half of government documents collection (Serial Set, census publications)
• Older reference sets and some print indexes (NUC pre-1956; Who’s who)
• Archival artifacts and restricted papers
Impact of ASRS • Smaller building footprint
• Simplified stack layout
• Stacks open and inviting
• Logical collection organization
• More space for people & technology
Third Floor
•Circulating monographs A-L
•Call numbers jump aisles
•Collection flows from front to back
For more information
• http://www.valpo.edu/library
• http://www.valpo.edu/library/
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• http://www.valpo.edu/facilities/christophercenter/