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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.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009
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