Mountaineers Library Shelf Space

Here is an estimate of shelf space for books in the Mountaineers Library and Archives as of April 4, 2017. This is an inventory of total space, whether currently empty or not.

Room	Cabinet Group	Cabinet IDs	Number of Cabinets	Shelves per Cabinet	Shelf Length (inches)	Total Shelf Space (inches)	Comments
Summit Room	Lockable cabinets	W1T, W1B thru W8T, W8B (top and bottom cabinets)	16	2 or 3	47	1504	These cabinets are of an awkward size. They can accommodate three shelves only for rather small books (such as standard Mountaineer guidebooks). When configured for larger books (two main shelves) each cabinet either has a lot of wasted space, or a very short (third) bottom shelf that can only store books laid flat. (Trivia: 'W' stands for "west" because the Summit Room is west of the Archives Room.)
Archives Room	Double-sided "center" cabinets	C1N, C1S (top and bottom) through C3N, C3S	12	2 or 3	47	1128	For this inventory, each side of a double-sided unit is counted as a separate cabinet. These cabinets accommodate lockable glass doors, which currently are not installed. At present, the doors are in storage in the Magnuson Park program center basement. These cabinets are of the same awkward size as the ones in the Summit Room
Archives Room	"Top" cabinets	T1N, T1S through T5N, T5S, plus TE	11	3	23	759	These cabinets are stacked on top of the double-sized 'C' cabinets in the Archives Room.
Archives Room	South cabinets	S5 through S8	4	6	35	840	Each cabinet top could potentially be used to store more books, adding another shelf.

Shelf space for the W and C cabinets is currently figured assuming two shelves per cabinet. Currently the top of the S cabinets is not counted in space estimates.

Using these estimates, we currently have 4231 inches (352.5 feet) of bookshelf space in the Mountaineers Archives and Summit Room.

Here is a map of the Summit Room and Archives Storage Room, showing cabinet IDs and locations.