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Written on Friday, November 21, 2008
Last Updated on Monday, December 29, 2008

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Chapter 9: Housing
9.1 What's New
9.2 Physical Facilities Required for Tangibles
9.3 Equipment for Accessing the Collection
9.4 Proper Handling of Materials
9.5 What's Needed for Proper Handling of Materials
9.6 Handling Specific Media Types
9.7 Various Types of Housing Arrangements
9.8 Tips and Lessons Learned
9.9 You Don't Have to...
9.10 Important
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9.9 Did you realize that you don't have to... ?

  • Have a memorandum of agreement to house publications in other parts of your larger library or even in other buildings administered by your library’s administration.
  • House all depository material in the official depository library. If the host location is not under the administrative control as your depository offering the material, a formal agreement MUST be signed between the parties. All offsite storage and selective housing facilities MUST conform to the same preservation and access standards required of any depository library.