[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] How do you package books for shipping?

[Rogan Hamby]

In SCLENDS we use the state's IMS (interagency mail service) that also
serves sheriff's office, DMVs, etc... So, we use large hard plastic bins
that close and have labels to other SCLENDS libraries on them.  Our volume
is fairly large so the bins make sense from a workflow stand point and help
protect the materials.


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>wrote:

> On 08/02/2013 12:05 PM, Green, David wrote:
> > What are consortia using to package books for shipping? Please share
> > your experiences with packaging shipments. We would greatly appreciate
> it.
>
> In Massachusetts, we don't. We ship the books naked. If they have a
> barcode on the outside, they don't even need a slip to indicate where
> they are going. The shipping company will use SIP to look up the book's
> destination.
>
> DVDs and CDs are shipped the same, with no protective wrapping.
>
> It seems to work rather well.
>
>
> --
> Jason Stephenson
> Assistant Director for Technology Services
> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
>



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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
me."
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