Moving materials physical delivery in libraries edited by Valerie Horton and Bruce Smith. - Chicago American Library Association 2010. - vi, 202 p. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Valerie Horton -- Current landscape of physical delivery / Valerie Horton and Brenda Bailey-Hainer -- Physical delivery services organization / Bruce Smith -- Creating an in-house delivery system / Bruce Smith -- Outsourcing delivery services / Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz -- Vendor relations / David Millikin and Brenda Bailey-Hainer -- Routing and materials management systems / Bruce Smith and Valerie Horton -- Growth management solutions / Valerie Horton, Ivan Gaetz, and Bruce Smith -- Managing participating libraries' relationships / Valerie Horton -- Managing the delivery service / Valerie Horton, Lisa Priebe, and Melissa Stockton -- Home delivery / Lori Ayres and Jim Myers -- Connecting courier services / Valerie Horton.

9780838910016 (alk. paper)

2009025124


Direct delivery of books--United States.
Library cooperation--Case studies.--United States
Interlibrary loans--United States.
Library materials--Transportation--United States.

Z712 / .M68 2010

025.6 / M9356