Harrow Green has been appointed to manage the Wakefield library’s move to its new location.

The new flagship library will have new furniture but there is a significant amount of material to be transferred, in particular the library reserve book stack and archive material. Some lending stock will also move to the new library along with essential pieces of furniture.

Among the items being moved are the library book stack of some 4,400 linear metres of stock, 36 filing cabinets, plus cupboards, drawers, map cabinets, a wide range of library and archive material and a huge solid oak display case donated to the authority by Charles Skidmore in 1906. The display case will be dismantled and reassembled at the new library. A further 22,500 books will be moved from open shelves.

Terry Gibbs, Head of Regional Sales for Harrow Green said, “The contract was awarded within the Pro5 Framework Agreement, to which we were recently appointed. We have built considerable expertise in library moves for local authorities, and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with the council to help bring about the transformation of its services.”