Long‐term care and maintenance of book carts in libraries

Abstract

Purpose

Book carts are the most basic piece of library equipment. With simple repairs and maintenance, these sturdy pieces of equipment can have an even longer service life. The purpose of this paper is to provide advise on the long‐term care and maintenance of book carts in libraries

Design/methodology/approach

This paper provides a “how‐to” approach to solving common maintenance issues with book carts.

Findings

New book carts can be expensive but simple, cost‐effective repairs can greatly increase their service life.

Originality/value

Repairing book carts is an easy method of reducing library operating costs.

Citation

Kruse, T. (2009), "Long‐term care and maintenance of book carts in libraries", The Bottom Line, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 42-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880450910982611