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Hello LM Netters:
I have compiled a hit from the responses I received regarding shrinkwrap.
I have not edited the replies and I have not included the one reply that the
sender asked me not to include her name or information in a hit.
Thanks to all who replied.
My original post:
Hello LM_Netters:
Our library is being renovated this summer. We will be moving 32,000
items to the cafeteria (on the same floor). A local industry has offered
us the use of forklifts, skids or pallets, jacks, and shrink wrap. The
men from the company providing these items believe there is a possibility
that the shrink wrap will adhere to spine labels or barcodes or even some
types of printing. The books will be in storage from June until the
first
week in August. There is no air conditioning. Have any of you had a
problem with shrink wrap? If you did not, please tell me the kind of
shrink wrap you used (the specifications) and if you used any protection
between the books and the shrink wrap. If I know the kind of wrap you
used successfully, perhaps we can determine if what we are being offered
is the same product.
I will be stopping my listserv mail until April 6th, therefore I would
appreciate it if you would e-mail me directly. Thanks!
Virginia
vschuck@desire.wright.edu
Virginia Schuck, Media Specialist
Troy High School
The replies folllow:
> We used shrink wrap...but only for a few days. No problems what so ever.
> Perhaps you need to test it.
>
> I'm sorry, I don't know what brand we used.
> Pat Wende, LMS
> Royal Oaks Elementary School
> Sun Prairie, WI 53590
>
> They may be speaking of a different sort of shrink wrap...
>
> In the bottled water business, I have used shrink wrap which comes on rolls
> which are about three feet wide ... we staCck two pallets of sixteen
five gallon
> bottles on each pallet and use the wrap to completely wrap the pallets
together
> to keep them from toppling over in transit. So, if that is the kind of wrap
> they are offering, just put the books in boxes, stack the boxes on the pallet,
> and then wrap the whole thing together with the shrink wrap. You may be able
> to sort the books and put them on pallets in shelf order or some other
> arrangement if that is what you desire... Just remember the wrap is to keep
> the pallets and boxes together and does not protect the books from water. . .
>
> I can't think that someone would offer you shrink wrap to wrap each book?
>
> Good luck and aloha ... let me hear how it goes... Earl J.
> earlj@moniz.org OR earlj.moniz@mci2000.com
> web site manager, life-long learner and self-employed librarian
> Earl J. Moniz [ http://209.132.68.171 ]
> An old Maui boy with a poor sense of direction...
> Fayetteville, North Carolina
> Aloha, y'all. . .
>
> Hi Virginia,
> Lukcy you that a company should offer you the use of forklifts, pallets,
> shrinwrape, etc. I moved our library last spring and put it into storage,
> but everything got boxed -- more than 500 large boxes. If you shrinkwrap
> your items, yes, I think there will be some interaction with spine labels,
> etc. That's just the nature of the shrinkwrap material -- especially if
> not kept cool. Why not approach a local newspaper and ask to have some
> of their end rolls of newsprint. There is usually enough left on these
> rolls to cover over whatever you might need to protect from the shrinwrap,
> but not enough to use for printing newspapers.
> Hope this helps.
> Dick Brulotte
> LMC Director
> Hayes High SChoool289 Euclid Ave
> Delaware, OH 43015
> 740-369-7656, ext. 4014
>
> The district shrunk wrapped our things on carts (specially built) as well as
> boxes on skids. They did not stick to the spines and the small gym was
> unair-conditited at the time.
>
> Alice J. Creveling, Libn.SM North H.S.
> 740l Johnson Dr. Shawnee Msn., Ks 66202
> 913-993-6917, fax 913-993-7099, nocrevel@smsd.k12.ks.us
>
> hi,.. i moved a media center with bar code lables and there was absolutely
> no problem.. (and it gets hot in upstate NY in the summer!!).. I f you have
> a choice, get the heavier ply,,, it is easier to handle without getting
> tangled up.. i loved the stuff..good luck..bev
>
> Bev Rovelli brovelli@lyncourt.cnyric.org
> Lyncourt School brovelli@relex.com
> 2707 Court Street 315-455-7571
>
> Syracuse, NY 13208 fax...315-455-7573
>
> used shrink wrap about four years ago and there was no damage at all
> to any of the books or spine labels.
>
> Kathy Geronzin
> Northeast Community Schools
> 3690 Hwy # 136
> Goose Lake, IA 52750
> 319-577-2249
> FAX 319-577-2248
> geronzin@caves.net
>
> Virginia,
> Contact Sally Johnson at [eastey@dgi.net] They own a shrink wrap company and
> should be able to get you the info you need. Let her know that Mary Cebula
said
> you could help.
>
> Bryon
>
> Bryon Anderson
> Media Specialist
> Plymouth Middle School
> 10011 36th Ave N
> Plymouth, MN 55441
>
> (612) 504-7112 office
>
> i, Virginia --
>
> We shrink-wrapped several years ago when our library was renovated.
> However, we left the books on the rolling bookcases and wrapped the
> shelves, so the stuff never touched the barcodes. We did put barcoded
> equipment on carts and shrinkwrapped them, and had no problem with the
> stuff sticking. I have no idea what brand shrinkwrap we used; our district
> supplied it.
>
> I would worry more about the lack of air conditioning with shrinkwrapped
> materials. I don't know what the humidity is like in your part of Ohio,
> but our district supervisor warned us that if we wrapped the books and
> stored them in an un-airconditioned area, we would probably have severe
> mildew problems. Air circulation seems to be crucial unless humidity is
>
> controlled.
>
> Good luck!
> Gail
>
> Gail Faughn, Media Specialist
> Astoria Park Elementary School
> 2465 Atlas Road
> Tallahassee, Florida 32303
> (850) 488-4673
> lm_net@m10.astoria-park.leon.k12.fl.us
>
> Dear Virginia,
> I moved my collection this way, but did NOT use shrink wrap.
> We simply used the same plastic wrap our cafeteria ladies use
> for food service. It came in oversized rolls, was really
> cheap, and worked fine. We did not have trouble with it
> sticking to anything it shouldn't, and our books were stored
> wrapped to their individual shelves for the months of June,
> July, and August in an un-airconditioned classroom while
> my library was being re-carpeted.
> I imagine true shrink-wrap is more expensive, and you have the added
> step of sending it through the shrinking process (applying heat?).
> Why bother? And if it truly shrinks to conform to the books, I'd
> I'd think it'd be a pain to remove later. We simply used box cutters to
> slash the plastic wrap, being careful to slash near the shelf, wherethe plastic
>was pulled away from the books.
> Good luck with the move; it's a nightmare no matter HOW you
> do it!
>
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>
> We recarpet two or three school library media center each year. Most do
> not have collections as large as yours, but our high schools have
> collections of over 20,000.
>
> We have found the most expedient method of removing and returning books
> is to use book carts to transport them, in shelf order, to other near by
> rooms (your cafeteria would be perfect) and putting them on the clean
> floor in long lines, still in shelf order. We return them the same
> way.
>
> This has worked for us because we often use people to move the books
> that know little about libraries, but since the books are kept in shelf
> order through the whole process, the movers/shelvers don't have to know
> Dewey, or worse, LC.
>
> We have shrink wrapped discards. That works well.
>
> Sorry for the "stream of thought" message. My e-mail overflows.
>
> Diane Leupold
> Topeka Public Schools
> Topeka Kansas
> tpsdmc@cjnetworks.com
>
Thanks again for your replies. Virginia
Virginia Schuck
vschuck@desire.wright.edu
Troy High School
Troy, Ohio 45373
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