Shelving Goes Up!

By the end of the day, Tuesday, June 26, about half of the shelving was up in the new AMBS Library. It took some time on Monday to get started. The pallets of old AMBS shelving had to be brought from the the storage container out by the Lambright Center with the tractor forklift. The AMBS summer crew brought up posts from the basement that had been cleaned and sorted last winter by volunteers.

The old AMBS shelving is in about three different styles and colors. Finding the right pieces to make ten section rows all the same style and color was the first challenge. By Tuesday morning, volunteer Virgil Claassen was leading a crew putting up AMBS shelving in the north east wing of the library and this area was completed by the end of the day. He was assisted by volunteers Dave Bertsche and Al Longenecker and by AMBS student, Craig Neufeld. Recent graduates Audrey Ratzlaff and Sara Leaman have become expert shelf assemblers.

A shipment of used shelving had arrived from California a week earlier. Hallett Mover Al Partin had frames of this shelving laid out in the south wing by early Monday. However, it wasn't until Tuesday morning that Al found the essential support brackets for erecting this shelving. By the end of the day on Tuesday, eight rows were erected for the audiovisual collection and back periodicals. Al was assisted by volunteer Bill Swartzentruber and student Pauline Thompson.
Joe Smith and the AMBS summer crew have provided critical support with shelves and cleaning.

We expect to complete most of the shelving by Friday, right on schedule.