Archives are proud repositories of historic documents. Yet they can be saddled with storage solutions that are old too. Moving to mobile storage helped a large history center in the Midwest gain.
Picture this: stacks of boxes, bulky filing cabinets, and shelves filled to the brim with irregularly shaped items. It's a lot of weight to manage — not just for the shelves but for the floor.
Archivists are information professionals. Need to find a land grant? City record? Will? Century-old newspaper? Personal diaries of a president? Ask the archivist. Beyond providing access, archivists.
