Oak Street High Density Storage opened as on October 29, 2004 and primarily houses items with low circulation history.<\/p>\n
As the high-density storage facility for the University Library, the Oak Street Library has the unique role of maximizing preservation of the over four million items it houses, while simultaneously shelving them efficiently. The vaults that house the collection are climate controlled by a state-of-the-art system to maintain the environment at 50\u00b0 Fahrenheit and 30% humidity to preserve the variety of resources held. Items in the Oak Street Library are sorted and separated by size to assure efficient use of space, are accessed through a special inventory program, and retrieved for patron use and collection management projects by certified staff harnessed into industrial lifts to access the forty-foot high shelving.<\/p>\n
By sending items with low circulation statistics to Oak Street Library, the University Library is opening up more space for patrons to work individually or collaboratively in their information seeking endeavors. Although these volumes have moved their location, patrons will still have access to desired materials after requesting items through the Library’s online catalog.<\/p>\n
As of 2017, more than four\u00a0million items\u00a0have been transferred to Oak Street Library.<\/p>\n
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All items shelved at the Oak Street Library have a full bibliographic record in the Library\u2019s online catalog and the location is clearly designated, usually beginning with “Oak Street Library: and ending with the “Request Online.”<\/p>\n
Many of the materials held at the Oak Street Library are also available digitally.<\/p>\n
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Due to the nature of the high-density shelving arrangements at Oak Street Library, users are not able to browse materials at the shelf.<\/p>\n
Many of the materials held at Oak Street are also available digitally.<\/p>\n
Library users can place requests for items via the Library\u2019s online catalog, and designate either a specific library pick-up location or ask to have the material delivered to their office via campus mail.<\/p>\n
Please see Requesting Materials from Oak Street Library<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Each individual library unit creates its own set of criteria with which to select volumes that are to be stored at Oak Street Library.\u00a0 Common methods for selection include analyzing circulation rates based on the last date an item was checked out, the availability of electronic formats, and identifying duplicate copies of items within other library units.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “High-density” describes the particular type of shelving and shelving arrangement used to accommodate considerably more material than could possibly be housed on regular library shelving or even in moveable, compact shelving. Rather than being shelved in call number order, materials of like size are placed in trays that are shelved on 40-foot high racks of industrial shelving. An item\u2019s location on the shelves is tracked through a special inventory program by barcode. To retrieve items from these industrial shelving units, Oak Street staff determine where each piece is located based on its barcode and then use a lift to access the appropriate location.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Oak Street Library is located at 809 S. Oak Street near the intersection of Oak and Daniel Streets. This location is approximately 8 blocks from the Main Library.<\/p>\n More information about the Oak Street Library can be found on our homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Links to other universities’ high-density storage facilities:<\/p>\n Binghamton University (SUNY) – Library Annex<\/a><\/p>\n Brown University – Library Collections Annex<\/a><\/p>\n California State University, Northridge – Automated Storage and Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n Carleton University – Storage Facility<\/a><\/p>\n Chicago State University – Retrieval Online Via Electronic Robot<\/a><\/p>\n Cornell University – Library Annex<\/a><\/p>\n Duke University – Library Service Center<\/a><\/p>\n Eastern Michigan University – Automated Retrieval Collection<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Academic Repository<\/a><\/p>\n Harvard Depository<\/a><\/p>\n Indiana University – Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility<\/a><\/p>\n Library of Congress – Offsite Storage<\/a><\/p>\n Library Service Center of Emory University and Georgia Tech<\/a><\/p>\n Minnesota Library Access Center<\/a><\/p>\n North Carolina State University – Hunt Library<\/a><\/p>\n OhioLINK Regional Depositories<\/a><\/p>\n Preservation and Access Service Center for Colorado Academic Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (New York)<\/a><\/p>\n Rice University – Library Service Center<\/a><\/p>\n Santa Clara University – Automated Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n Sonoma State University – Automated Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n Stanford University – Stanford Auxiliary Library 3<\/a><\/p>\n Syracuse University Libraries Facility<\/a><\/p>\n University at Buffalo (SUNY) – Libraries Annex<\/a><\/p>\n University of Alberta – Research & Collections Resource Facility<\/a><\/p>\n University of British Columbia – Library Preservation and Archives<\/a><\/p>\n University of Calgary – High Density Library<\/a><\/p>\n University of California Regional Library Facilities:<\/p>\n University of Chicago – Automated Storage and Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n University of Kansas – Library Annex<\/a><\/p>\n University of Louisville – Robotic Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n University of Maryland –\u00a0Severn Library<\/a><\/p>\n University of Missouri Libraries Depository<\/a><\/p>\n University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Library Depository Retrieval Facility<\/a><\/p>\n University of Nevada, Reno – Mathewson Automated Retrieval System<\/a><\/p>\n University of North Carolina – Library Service Center<\/a><\/p>\n University of Ottawa – Off-Campus Storage<\/a><\/p>\n University of Pennsylvania – Libraries Research Annex<\/a><\/p>\n University of Pittsburgh – Thomas Blvd. Library<\/a><\/p>\n University of South Carolina – Library Annex and Conservation Facility<\/a><\/p>\n University of Toronto at Downsview<\/a><\/p>\n University of Wisconsin-Madison – Verona Shelving Facility<\/a><\/p>\n University of Wyoming – Library Annex<\/p>\n Utah State University – Borrower’s Automated Retrieval Network<\/a><\/p>\n Virginia Tech University – Library Service Center<\/a><\/p>\n Washington Research Library Consortium – Shared Collections Facility<\/a><\/p>\nWhat kinds of materials are shelved at\u00a0Oak Street High Density Storage and how are they selected?<\/h2>\n
How are materials stored at Oak Street High Density Storage?<\/h2>\n
Where is the Oak Street Library?<\/h2>\n
Have other research libraries built similar high density storage facilities?<\/h2>\n
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