1. Automatic Storage and Stack Arrangement at Valparaiso University Donna Resetar Associate Dean of Library Services

2. Valparaiso University Private, Lutheran Comprehensive Primarily undergraduate About 4,000 students Primarily residential About 300,000 vol. In northwest Indiana

3. Moellering Library Stacks Crowded Dark Periodicals shelved with monographs

4. In Moellering Library, collections were arranged by where they fit.

5. Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources

6. Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS)

7. ASRS: What is it? On-site storage system Rows and columns of 2 x 4 ft. bins (various heights) in series of aisles Materials stored in randomly selected bins as long as height matches Bins retrieved by robotic crane in each aisle

8. Christopher Center ASRS 2 aisles = 4 rows bins 26 columns 18 bins/column 1,872 bins 2 cranes 4 workstations Est. capacity 300,000 vols.

9. Click on the Request Button

10. Type in your name, click Submit button

11. Successful Request!

12. ILS Server ASRS Server Robotic Crane ASRS Workstation ASRS server links barcode with bin number ILS sends barcode to ASRS ASRS server confirms receipt ASRS server sends bin number to crane Crane delivers bin Worker scans barcode to break link between barcode & bin number

13. Circulation Desk staff can hear bins being delivered

14. Staff hallway back to ASRS

15. ASRS Workstation

16. Materials from ASRS checked out at main Circulation Desk

17. What we put in our ASRS Bound periodicals 2003 and prior Half of government documents collection (Serial Set, census publications) Older reference sets and some print indexes (NUC pre-1956; Who’s who) Archival artifacts and restricted papers

18. Browsing is important!

20. Impact of ASRS Smaller building footprint Simplified stack layout Stacks open and inviting Logical collection organization More space for people & technology

22. New library could meet height limitation with smaller footprint

23. Early plan without ASRS

24. Existing Plan with ASRS

25. First Floor Logical arrangement and stack flow, especially for periodicals

28. Second Floor Reference Collection Maps ASRS Microforms

30. Third Floor Circulating monographs A-L Call numbers jump aisles Collection flows from front to back

31. Circulating monographs M-Z Fourth Floor

34. Continuous sorting and reshelving

35. For more information http://www.valpo.edu/library http://www.valpo.edu/library/ circ/ASRS_Video.mpg http://www.valpo.edu/facilities/ christophercenter/