[CASL-L] ReCarpeting Help

[Sarah Lynch]

We had a company do it for my 13,000ish items before new carpet. I don't
know how long it took them to pack the books up because they did it in the
summer and I was not even in town to be able to oversee what was happening,
but I know they had a crew of multiple people- maybe it was 4 or 5. They
put books back wrong and we had to fix that and it took like a week just to
try to fix everything. If you have a week and several people, I think you
can do it if you're fully prepared ahead of time. best thing to do is label
each shelf and start with something like A1, A2, A3, etc and then B1, B2,
B3, etc. This means that someone who doesn't understand shelving can at
least understand that the books on shelf A1 go in the boxes labeled A1. It
won't keep them in perfect order, but you can get them packed up quickly.
The unboxing will take longer in my experience and will require time to
reorder each shelf.

Hope that is helpful.

Sarah

Sarah Lynch, National Board Certified Librarian
Wolcott Elementary- West Hartford Public Schools
71 Wolcott Rd., West Hartford, CT 06110
Telephone: 860-561-2300 Ext. 3637


On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM Liz Wright <liz.sarah.wright at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> I was told we might be getting new carpet in my small high school library
> this summer if it’s in the budget. While that’s amazing, it would involve
> boxing up every book in the library in order to remove all the shelves
> (none of our shelves are on wheels) since the carpet goes underneath them.
> I have study halls assigned to the library all day. I’ve been told that I
> will have only 3.5 work days to box my 10,000+ books/items and “volunteers”
> who will help. These 3.5 work days include graduation in the afternoon. So
> for those of you who have had to box up everything and either move or
> renovate, how much time did it take you? I’m trying to convince my
> principal that I need to close the library at least during finals, which
> would give me a week and a half (the only students in the space would be
> those not in exams AND after exams for study sessions led by NHS), but I’m
> worried even that would not be enough time.
>
> And this summer I’m NOT coming in even for pay. It’s been a CRAZY year
> (092 internship) and I cannot do it to myself.
>
> So I need advice; please help!
> Liz
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