Only 2½ weeks to go before Exeter Central Temporary Library closes on 17th April. Then it is all hands on deck for the big move back to the redeveloped main Exeter Library ready for its opening on 22nd May. Work is already in progress to ensure all is on track. The cleaners are in the redeveloped library and the covers are coming off the carpets. The shelving is going in and the enquiry pods are being assembled. The contractors officially hand over the building this Friday 4th April. The outside area leading to the front entrance and the patio area leading to the rear entrance will be completed by 17th April.
In the
temporary library a lot of stock work is being done. We are moving from Dewey to Zones and
categories running alongside Dewey classification. The new stock is now supplied with an
additional spine label consisting of the 3 letter code for the UK Standard
Library Category. There is however a
large quantity of good quality stock in the temporary library which we want to
take with us. We are removing the items
from the shelves, adding the additional spine label, updating the database record and boxing them ready to
go. At first the stock work seemed to
make little impression but now the shelves are looking emptier and there are
piles of cardboard boxes in every work area.
After 1½ years in the temporary library the end is in sight!
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