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

[Jason Stephenson]

On 08/03/2013 09:27 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> 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.

I should have added that the items go in large, plastic bins here in
Mass., as well. Individual items are not protected, though.


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> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org
> <mailto: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.” 
> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>


-- 
Jason Stephenson
Assistant Director for Technology Services
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium