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MINITEX
About Minnesota Library Storage (MLAC)
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Storage/About/
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Minnesota
Library Storage
About Minnesota
Library Storage
Requesting Items
from Storage
Reading Room
Information for
Depositing
Libraries
Preservation
Resources
Periodical Holdings
Contact
Information
The Minnesota Library Access Center uses
forklifts to retrieve and shelve books.
Home » Products &Services » Minnesota Library Storage » About
About Minnesota Library Storage
(MLAC)
The Minnesota Library Access Center is
our high-density storage facility for
Minnesota libraries that stores and
makes available important but little
used books. Unlike a library which
shelves items either by subject or
alphabetically by title, MLAC shelves
items by size. The goal is to shelve at
the highest density possible to
maximize space usage.
Capacity
Predicted capacity: 1.4 million volumes.
Current holdings :over 1,357,000 volumes (August 2009).
Space Allocation
60% is reserved for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus Libraries.
40% is for Minnesota's academic, public and governmental libraries.
Accessing the Collection
Because the facility's shelves are 17 feet tall, books are retrieved by trained staff on
forklifts.
The collection is closed to the public. All items in MLAC are listed in MnCAT, the
University of Minnesota's online catalog along with links to request retrieval.
Learn More
MLAC Tour with Bib the Book
A virtual tour from a book's point of view.
MLAC Facility &Environment
Timeline and photos links to other high density storage facilities examples of what
other libraries have done.
Preservation Resources
A few web sources for book conservation and managing collection emergencies.
MLAC: A Virtual
Tour
Take a slideshow
tour of the
Minnesota
Library Access
Center from the
book's point of
view, hosted by Bib the
Book.
Take the tour now!
An Information and Resource Sharing Program of the Minnesota
Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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MINITEX
About Minnesota Library Storage (MLAC)
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Storage/About/
About :Minnesota Library Storage (MLAC) :Products &Services :Minitex
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Storage/About/[11/21/14 1:48:49 PM]
Minnesota
Library Storage
About Minnesota
Library Storage
Requesting Items
from Storage
Reading Room
Information for
Depositing
Libraries
Preservation
Resources
Periodical Holdings
Contact
Information
The Minnesota Library Access Center uses
forklifts to retrieve and shelve books.
Home » Products &Services » Minnesota Library Storage » About
About Minnesota Library Storage
(MLAC)
The Minnesota Library Access Center is
our high-density storage facility for
Minnesota libraries that stores and
makes available important but little
used books. Unlike a library which
shelves items either by subject or
alphabetically by title, MLAC shelves
items by size. The goal is to shelve at
the highest density possible to
maximize space usage.
Capacity
Predicted capacity: 1.4 million volumes.
Current holdings :over 1,357,000 volumes (August 2009).
Space Allocation
60% is reserved for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus Libraries.
40% is for Minnesota's academic, public and governmental libraries.
Accessing the Collection
Because the facility's shelves are 17 feet tall, books are retrieved by trained staff on
forklifts.
The collection is closed to the public. All items in MLAC are listed in MnCAT, the
University of Minnesota's online catalog along with links to request retrieval.
Learn More
MLAC Tour with Bib the Book
A virtual tour from a book's point of view.
MLAC Facility &Environment
Timeline and photos links to other high density storage facilities examples of what
other libraries have done.
Preservation Resources
A few web sources for book conservation and managing collection emergencies.
MLAC: A Virtual
Tour
Take a slideshow
tour of the
Minnesota
Library Access
Center from the
book's point of
view, hosted by Bib the
Book.
Take the tour now!
An Information and Resource Sharing Program of the Minnesota
Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries.
PRODUCTS &SERVICES TRAINING &EVENTS COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEES
About Contact A-Z Index Login
Search
