These days, libraries offer much more than books – from computer labs, collaborative workspaces for students and their communities, multimedia resources, research resources and more. Though, as libraries expand further into multifunctional spaces, their storage requirements also change, as well as the need for expanded storage capacity.
Some of the challenges that are unique to this industry include:
- Space Capacity – Expansion or relocation to the library is not always possible, growing the need for a storage system that can maximize existing spaces for books, multimedia, computer labs and collaborative workspaces.
- Limited resources – Many libraries don’t have the budget to expand or the space to do so, making the case for finding a better way to maximize the library’s existing space.