Jamie Briggs was first established in February 2000 to transfer antiques and fine arts in the North Oxfordshire area. The business grew and developed into the transfer of libraries and museums alongside office and other commercial businesses and residential moves.
We are regularly working with Libraries and Archives where we need to reconstruct or interfile collections because the library is relocating or building works provide the opportunity to rethink the deposition of the collection. Our largest move has been the transfer of 18 libraries from in and around Oxford along with the salt mines in Cheshire and warehoused material into the new Bodleian Book Storage Facility in Swindon. This move required the transfer of just over 150,000 linear metres of materials and archives (somewhere in the region of 5,100,000 objects) in addition to a million maps. The collection transferred included 23,979 linear metres of special collections including, a section of Oxyrhynchus Papyri, ephemera and large or unusual objects, more details of this and other moves can be found in the case studies section.
Examples of recent moves
Northamptonshire Archives, Northamptonshire County Council
For Library and Archive Moves we offer the following services:
Shelf to shelf moves
Resequencing, interfiling and, integration of dispersed collections
Crate hire
Cataloguing
Project Management and move planning
Project specific project plans and risk assessments
Transfer of library offices, computers, micro fiche readers and other equipment
Library pictures, art works and the portrait of the founder and donors
Off-site secure storage of collections with the option to have a call service for materials
Delivery or collection from third party storage
Wherever possible we look to recycle and or environmentally friendly dispose of old or unwanted equipment and are licensed waste carriers. This includes WEEE, furniture, metals, and wooden items.
If your requirements are not listed one of our specialised surveyors will discuss them with you personally
For all projects we look to work closely with the site teams including, Library, Academic, Facilities, Health and Safety, Porters and alongside allied services including builders, contractors and architects. Having worked work with Libraries of Congress, the Deci, Nicholson and other collection cataloguing systems we are confident that we can support your requirements. We are not above asking for your guidance upon occasion and are willing to learn new systems and styles from you. In recent times we have worked with left to right catalogues and then presented the materials with right to left aesthetic display of titles along the spines of a collection in Arabic and Cantonese.
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Expert Solutions for Complex Challenges
We enjoy a challenge and look to working with you in solving them. These have included removing materials during revision for finals in Colleges, taking materials out of a 4th storey Library in Central London town house without an internal lift, working with tight, narrow or load restricted roads and unusual site access. Alongside these we have shared sites with the media including TV and film crews on site (e.g. X-Men First Class, Lewis and, Stephen Fry on Books). We regularly work in and around public intensive areas and are used to negotiating passage through tourists and other obstacles.
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What Our Clients Say
Trusted By Leading Institutions And Happy Homeowners
Mr & Mrs Brain
Cyprus
This is just a quick note to say thank you so much for all your help. All our belongings have arrived in tact and the car also arrived without a scratch. This just goes to show that when you say ‘professional movers’ you mean it. If ever a company deserved a recommendation, then yours would get 10 out of 10, a real easy way to have a hassle free move.
Bethany Gorton
Domestic move (May 2023)
The team were hard working, SO polite and professional and really respectful of our things. I’ve used other companies before and it doesn’t compare. Thank you for going the extra mile. They’ve made the entire thing less stressful and work SO hard!!!!!
Mr Seccull
Domestic move (August 2023)
As with my first move, the crew were excellent. They arrived in good time, they were happy at their work and they did a very good job. They did everything they could make the day as painless for me as they could. I have nothing but praise for their work rate and helpfulness.
Mr & Mrs Gibbard
Domestic move (October 2023)
Our move was handled by Jamie briggs removals and storage, we had a member of the team call and give my wife and I a very competitive quote for the works. Delivering our furniture to our new home we found the same super service and care was taken by Jamie’s team. I would have no hesitation in recommending Jamie Briggs removal and storage.
Alex Brown
Collections Coordinator: National Museum of the Royal Navy
Thank you to you and your team for all of the hard work moving the Royal Marines Museum. The RMM collection move was a complex project from the onset with a large diverse collection moving between multiple sites. Your team proved to be adaptable, dedicated and professional and a pleasure to work with and we are at the NMRN very much look forward to working with them in the future.
Domestic removal
July 2024
They did exactly what they promised, arrived as agreed, unloaded and loaded with the care necessary for valuable artworks, and were at all times fully competent and professional. In addition, their pricing was very competitive.
Jacqui Grainger
Librarian for RUSI
Working with Jamie Briggs has been a delight: well-organised and supportive, their team provided the help I needed as a solo curatorial professional to safely pack and transport the RUSI collections to Upper Heyford.
The ARC
Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre
The whole move went very well and we encountered no problems at all. The team that moved our archive material were great throughout the two weeks and the process of getting a quote etc. from Julian was all really positive.
Huw Warren
Director, Savills Estate Agents
I wanted to thank you for the amazing team that you sent to us. Absolutely brilliant! I have told everyone in our office how good they were and we will recommend you whenever we get the chance.
Danny Rain
Curator, Gunnersbury Museum
The team at Jamie Briggs made our office relocation stress-free and efficient. Their attention to detail and expertise were evident throughout the entire process.
Jess Parker
CEO, Turner & Co.
Moving our fine art collection was a daunting task, but Jamie Briggs Removals executed it flawlessly. Their specialized handling and secure transport.
Adam Lauren
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Jamie Briggs Removals handled our library move with utmost professionalism and care. Their team was efficient and meticulous, ensuring a seamless transition.
