NOT A NEW ADDITION BUT A NEW LIBRARY The last few weeks have been busy in the library and if anyone experienced any difficulty in dealing with us in that time, this is why. Tank Museum photo number 7487-035 The main Archive and Library store has been completely stripped out and then refitted with a massive system of rolling shelves by Rackline Ltd. This shows the system from the top end and as you can see we have not yet got around to repainting the floor, where the old shelves stood. Tank Museum photo No. 7487-031 Once the things are up and running the books and boxes have to be returned to the shelves, in the proper order, and that takes time. We calculate that this new system will give us about 40 per cent more storage space, which will be very welcome given the way things are expanding. The area we are looking at here is part of the shelving devoted to our collection of books, which already comes close to filling four sets of shelves, but there's also the archival boxes, not to mention the journals and other items. Take another look at these pictures; they give you a peek behind the scenes that most visitors will never see. To view previous article(s) in this series, click here. Numbered photos can be bought from the Tank Museum Shop (please note down the number of the photos you are interested in)	Previous 'New Additions'