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<p class="MsoNormal">Unspoken but probably understood in this conversation about specimen cabinet stacking height and access issues, is that while staff time/inconvenience has a measurable cost, that cost is rarely quantified.
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<p class="MsoNormal">When measured, it may be found to be far less than the cost of a new building and the moves to (and within) it.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Put another way, “higher/max density” approaches such as stacking cabinets higher than before may be favorable – extending the life of the facility and thereby reducing one of the greatest costs of having collections (while also reducing
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<p class="MsoNormal">When historical circulation rates of collection objects are studied – often found to be lower than imagined – the choice may become clearer still.
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<p class="MsoNormal">(To say nothing of modern digital media that provide remote access to specimen information that formerly required the specimen to be located and retrieved).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pairing the denser arrangement of items with novel technologies and more imaginative workflows can help staff find a happy nexus between specimen access and maximal use of space.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Large University libraries and library consortia have long understood this.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rob<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Robert H. Robins<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Florida Museum<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UF Fish Collection is moving:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Search the Collection:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Taylor, Sarah<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Donald McAlpine <Donald.McAlpine@nbm-mnb.ca>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Seeking information on the multiple stacking of natural history cabinets<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">All our cabinets (botany, paleo, insects, and vertebrates) are double-stacked Delta Designs cabinets. I believe the very highest cubbies/drawers are empty across the collections (we are organized to move up vertically
into our empty “expansion” space as needed). I’m not very tall (64” or 1.6m) and I can reach *<b>almost</b>* all the herbarium specimens with a 1-m stepstool. I occasionally use our WAV to access things up high; I think our vertebrates manager uses the WAV
the most, because the tray is very handy for fetching multiple specimens rather than going up and down the stepstool for each one. It can maneuver in fairly tight spaces (tight turns) so it fits in our compactor aisles pretty easily after some practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(sorry I don’t have a scale for this photo, but for reference, I can walk along the compactor aisle without ducking when the upper cabinets are open. VERY convenient and I’ve never conked my head!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN)<br>
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
<b>University of Connecticut</b><br>
75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043<br>
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Donald McAlpine<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2024 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Seeking information on the multiple stacking of natural history cabinets<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The New Brunswick Museum is undergoing a $150 M building expansion that will include some new collections space. There is currently a plan (proposed by architects) to double stack botany and entomology cabinets (each
on a separate shelf) on compactors. Zoology cabinets will be stacked 4 high, again, on shelves and compactors. I would be interested in hearing from anyone that is double stacking botany or entomology cabinets and triple or quadruple stacking zoology cabinets.
We can get access to cabinets using WAV 60 (Work Assist Vehicle), but removing trays from zoology cabinets to accommodate rearrangement of collections is very awkward and time consuming. I would be interested and grateful to hear of any others who are stacking
specimens cabinets more than 2 high and the process around managing collections in these circumstances.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Donald F. McAlpine, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Head, Department of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">New Brunswick Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">277 Douglas Avenue,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Saint John, New Brunswick,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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