[Genealib] local history room features

[Deena Butta]

Hello, all,
 
we are designing a new library, which will include a genealogy and local history room.
 
have any of you recently designed a room for this purpose? what features do you think sre important to include?  what do you wish you had included that perhaps you did not?
 
we have a special collection that we inherited from a local genealogist, it is about 400 volumes in a locked case.  we also have old phone books, a couple hundred titles of bound magazines, and a reference genealogy collection of about 350 titles.
 
i am thinking we need to be sure about security, climate control, blackout shades to control sun and heat, and work space for volunteers to do indexing projects, orah histories, etc.
 
what am i forgetting?  i will be grateful for your suggestions.
 
thank you!
 
deena
glenview public library
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