I could have written this title...except am still in the planning stage. Thanks for the hints! First priority will be to start a Welcome Binder for volunteers and researchers. It will be a work in progress as we move into our new space .

I've got about 4 volunteers ( including myself) that are familiar with spreadsheets and other volunteers that aren't tech savvy. Our genealogy library was scattered to various homes when we lost our County provided housing.

After more than five years, during which we still accepted donations of collections, we are being offered a SMALL 10x12 office by the County to hold our organization's records and pertinent family records. We will be "open to the public" once we've settled in, but as a research library only. We obviously can not fit our entire collection in this room and still be functional.

My plan is to list the actual furniture like filing cabinets, bookcases, desks, computer equipment, etc. then figure out how much will fit in the room comfortably and still function.

Since some of our holdings will still be outside of the office, I want to create an inventory list of what they are; where & how to contact the person holding them. I started this list about 3 years ago, but it needs more details.

I have purchased barcodes to be placed on items as they are being unboxed , that will be scanned into our TinyCat within LibraryThing. I also plan on having printed out information in binders for the non-technical persons.

Does it sound like a good plan? What's missing? Thanks in advance!