Sure, you’ve got your local library, and maybe you’ve visited it often enough to realize it’s real value to your local community. We’ve talked about the re-purposing of these public spaces enough to know they evolve and change to accommodate the needs of their patrons.

But what about the presidential library? Turns out, the idea of the Presidential Library began with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939: when he not only donated an estate to house the various documents and records of his administration – but also set a precedence later followed by Truman and other Presidents through the years that those important records, which in many ways shaped this country, be kept and cared for in a library setting.

Presently, because of 1955’s Presidential Libraries Act, then 1978’s Presidential Records Act of 1978, and also, finally the Presidential Libraries Act of 1986… Presidential libraries are maintained and funded through both public and private resources – enabling these libraries to become valuable and extensive archives of public record and history.

So now the question is: how do you build a library that contains so much valuable history, while controlling the investment needed to build it as well as the way the library can function for the public… AND then accommodate the planned growth of it’s archives in the future?

Turns out even the folks at the The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois knew: Use the most innovative storage products available in a way that continually allows for growth and public use.

By utilizing High-Density Mobile Storage in archival, non-public areas and as well; incorporating custom micro-film storage, art storage and smaller High-Density systems into working, processing and high-access storage areas – the library is able to provide ample room for public access, display and working spaces. see for yourself:

The future of the library is evolving, and capacity is always an issue – these products and innovations make it possible for our Presidential Libraries to grow in the future and provide to the public as intended for generations to come.

Download our Abe Lincoln Presidential Library Case Study to learn more.