{"id":3286,"date":"2009-09-30T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:50:46","slug":"fau-libraries-unpacks-truckload-of-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/about-the-rsa\/fau-libraries-unpacks-truckload-of-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"FAU Libraries unpacks truckload of recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-147\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-of-records-from-Cleveland-BLOG1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-of-records-from-Cleveland-BLOG1.jpg\" alt=\"Truck backing up to Wimberly Library loading dock\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-of-records-from-Cleveland-BLOG1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-of-records-from-Cleveland-BLOG1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Truck backing up to Wimberly Library loading dock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I cannot express to you the excitement on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2009 as the entire staff of the Judaica Sound Archives and volunteers from other FAU Library departments waited for the arrival of the truck which had been loaded with recordings from the Jack Saul collection in Cleveland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nat had been preparing for a week, finding areas of the Wimberly Library where the boxes could be stored until they are unpacked, rounding up volunteers, assigning work tasks at the loading dock, measuring entrance ways to make sure that the pallets loaded with boxes could fit through, arranging for carts to be available where the pallets couldn\u2019t fit, etc. With his incredible organizational skills and attention to detail the operation felt like a well-designed military operation. Everything went perfectly! Within 4 hours all the boxes had been unloaded and stacked in their designated areas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-truck-BLOG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-truck-BLOG.jpg\" alt=\"720 boxes of phonograph recordings to unload\" class=\"wp-image-284\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" title=\"Arrival truck BLOG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-truck-BLOG.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-truck-BLOG-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">720 boxes of phonograph recordings to unload<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-199\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Arrival-of-records-from-Cleveland-12.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Tinanoff directs the off-loading\" class=\"wp-image-199\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Tinanoff directs the off-loading at the loading dock of FAU Libraries<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/tag\/jack-saul-collection\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to learn more about the Jack Saul Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot express to you the excitement on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2009 as the entire staff of the Judaica Sound Archives and volunteers from other FAU Library departments waited for the arrival of the truck which had been loaded with recordings from the Jack Saul collection in Cleveland. 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