Categories of College Storage

The single most interesting part of being in the storage business is the extremely wide diversity of markets in which you work. Every single sector has a storage requirement and here we take a look at college storage.

To begin with college storage has much in common with office storage. This is because each University or College has its own offices with exactly the same needs. So we can segment this type of college storage into:
• Primary College Storage – close to the desk for daily retrieval e.g. pedestals
• Secondary College Storage – further away from the desk for less frequent retrieval e.g. a central mobile archive
• Tertiary College Storage – often off site for more rare retrieval
But there is also much more to college storage than offices, each one has many additional needs. Let’s take a look at what these are.
Libraries.
Of course every college is full of books which must be stored and easily retrieved. And there is often more than one library with individual departments needing their own. All libraries need shelving and most require some kind of lighting system for illumination to be integrated.
Laboratories. 
College storage includes the safe keeping of samples and research findings. These can be on shelves or in cupboards. Shelves sometimes have pull out drawers fitted for the safe keeping of smaller, often fragile samples. Science College storage also needs to stock dangerous chemicals which should be stored in special hazard cabinets equipped with perforated shelves allowing any spillage to drain into a sump tray in the bottom of the cupboard.
Educational Equipment. 
All colleges and universities need to store equipment needed by individual departmental courses. These range from laptops to musical instruments, the type of storage equipment used depends on the dimensions and nature of the kit.
Personnel. 
Wherever there are lots of people there is a need for personnel storage and college storage is no exception. Personnel college storage comes in the form of lockers although cupboards are also often used. We can include sporting personnel storage in this category of college storage. There are many types of specialized personnel storage e.g. those fitted with recharging facilities for phones and laptops and clean and dirty lockers for the collection of sterile and used medical or laboratory wear.
Facilities. 
Internal and external maintenance requires equipment from cleaning to gardening which is stored in cupboards or on racks. Buckets and mops needs to live somewhere, as do power tools and shovels. Similarly to laboratories, aggressive cleaning chemical and pesticides should be stored in hazard cabinets equipped with perforated shelves and sumps to collect spillages. 
So you see, wherever you are in an educational building you are never far away from a College Storage solution.

To begin with college storage has much in common with office storage. This is because each University or College has its own offices with exactly the same needs. So we can segment this type of college storage into:

• Primary College Storage – close to the desk for daily retrieval e.g. pedestals
• Secondary College Storage – further away from the desk for less frequent retrieval e.g. a central mobile archive
• Tertiary College Storage – often off site for more rare retrieval

But there is also much more to college storage than offices, each one has many additional needs. Let’s take a look at what these are.

Libraries

Of course every college is full of books which must be stored and easily retrieved. And there is often more than one library with individual departments needing their own. All libraries need shelving and most require some kind of lighting system for illumination to be integrated.

Laboratories

College storage includes the safe keeping of samples and research findings. These can be on shelves or in cupboards. Shelves sometimes have pull out drawers fitted for the safe keeping of smaller, often fragile samples. Science College storage also needs to stock dangerous chemicals which should be stored in special hazard cabinets equipped with perforated shelves allowing any spillage to drain into a sump tray in the bottom of the cupboard.

Educational Equipment

All colleges and universities need to store equipment needed by individual departmental courses. These range from laptops to musical instruments, the type of storage equipment used depends on the dimensions and nature of the kit.

Personnel

Wherever there are lots of people there is a need for personnel storage and college storage is no exception. Personnel college storage comes in the form of lockers although cupboards are also often used. We can include sporting personnel storage in this category of college storage. There are many types of specialized personnel storage e.g. those fitted with recharging facilities for phones and laptops and clean and dirty lockers for the collection of sterile and used medical or laboratory wear.

Facilities

Internal and external maintenance requires equipment from cleaning to gardening which is stored in cupboards or on racks. Buckets and mops needs to live somewhere, as do power tools and shovels. Similarly to laboratories, aggressive cleaning chemical and pesticides should be stored in hazard cabinets equipped with perforated shelves and sumps to collect spillages. 

So you see, wherever you are in an educational building you are never far away from a College Storage solution.