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Oct 23 2008, 3:51 PM EDT by
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One way a 2 day a week delivery could interface with a 5 day a week system is to use a bag within a bag method. i.e. the shipping library would put materials destined for a LAND library first in a bluce LAND bag. Then they would put it in a RED hub bag. The address would have to indicate there was a LAND package inside (similar to how we now address LAND bags with both final destination and hub information. The hubs would be part of LAND and would remove the outer bag and put the LAND bag in the LAND delivery. Materials going from LAND libraries to non-LAND libraries would be packaged "backwards." i.e. Red bag inside blue LAND bag.
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Resource Sharing Summit Program
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Aug 8 2008, 1:12 PM EDT by
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We are interested in hearing about any topics you would like to cover during the roundtable discussions taking place on Oct. 24. Also, if you have suggestions for additions to the program please let us know.
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Jul 30 2008, 3:56 PM EDT by
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I view a system like Borrow Direct to be close to ideal. Borrow Direct is a patron initiated borrowing system among 7 Ivy league schools, which integrates with a circulation system which monitors progress of the request and will automatically generate an email to the patron when the item arrives.
According to a report prepared for METRO, the turnaround times is 4 days and costs under $10.00 for delivery via a negociated UPS contract. Total costs averaged $5.33 per borrowing transaction and $6.48 per lending transaction according to a case study on the service (linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0099133304000102). Costs were much less than traditional ILL.
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Hello all,
For public libraries, it seems to me we have to distinguish between "internal" eg intrasystem delivery, which most public library systems run via a courier service, and out-of-system delivery. I'm struggling with how to ask this question and how we can get meaningful results. Any thoughts?
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Jul 17 2008, 9:26 AM EDT
"Hello all,
For public libraries, it seems to me we have to distinguish between "internal" eg intrasystem delivery, which most public library systems run via a courier service, and out-of-system delivery. I'm struggling with how to ask this question and how we can get meaningful results. Any thoughts?" I agree with Jennifer's comments. Have we decided who this survey will go to? Results could be skewed if we get more than one response per library. Should we include a question such as, Is your library a member of a system (such as a public or school library system) that has its own internal delivery courier? I expect that "acceptable" delivery turnaround times could vary considerably between academic libraries and public libraries and our survey will need to include some identifying information like the type of library the respondent is from.
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During our conference call we also discussed UPS as a delivery option. Some regions are already working with UPS CampusShip. UPS is the "cadillac" of delivery services. The challange is negotiating a flat-fee rate that would be atrractive to participants. One member of our group mentioned that UPS CampusShip was not a viable option for her library because they already got a better deal through SUNY. That led us to wonder who would have the authority to negotiate with UPS on a statewide level - i,e, who is it that would be able to go to UPS and say "I can offer you a contract with all the libraries in the state"? And looking at it the other way, who is it at UPS who would be able to negotiate at that level? Previous attempts to negotiate a "state" rate with UPS have been frustrating, but who were they talking to and what level was that person at?
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I just started 2 new threads; they show up as anonymous but it was me who started them! - Debby
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During today's conference call (6/27/08) we discussed the fact that our group's charge is to come up with some recommendations for delivery. We agreed that there might be more than one recommendation and/or different levels of service.
All of us on the call agreed that there's no need to "reinvent the wheel". We have a delivery service in place that works - LAND. The challenge is to figure out how to bring everyone in at the level that is right for them, and of course how to pay for it! The key to LAND is quick turn-around time, and it is important to retain that. This means that it would not make sense to add small libraries that only need delivery 1 or 2 times a week to the existing routes. But there needs to be a way to inlcude these libraries if we are to have statewide delivery. For those regions that already have a regional delivery service, could the 3Rs (or other designated stop) serve as a hub? If each "hub" paid for its LAND stop, then smaller libraries in the region could be served through the hub via the regional delivery service. There would have to be a stipulation that those libraries that were already full LAND participants could not step down to a lower level of service, but that should not be a problem because LAND is a requirement for participation in IDS. Other regional options could also be possible, like UPS.
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