Delivery, Books, and Rubber Bands

I got a note in my email this morning from South Dennis Library:

Someone at your circ desk is 'bundling' three and four hardcover books with rubber bands. My understanding is that we can bundle DVDs or other light things, but this is perilous, because the books seem to get tossed around and rubber bands just aren't enough to hold a pile of hardcovers. Again, it's probably somebody new or someone who hasn't heard all the ins and outs of packaging---especially since some of the rules seem to change on a daily basis!!

But we've had several books come in recently that wandered around for a while in the warehouse or wherever they sort them and they had been sent from DP so I thought I'd pass it by you.

Since some clarification was needed, I spoke to Anne, and she said that is regularly receiving from DPL 3, 4, and 5 ADULT HARDCOVERS being bundled, and sometimes with only one rubber band.

According to PubServices, we can bundle a handful of smaller/lighter items (and children's books). However, we should probably stay away from bundling more than a couple (2) of adult hardcover books - the rubber bands can't take the weight of larger bundles.

Thanks!

More on packaging

SEMLS would like libraries to CONTINUE TO PACKAGE any AV items GOING TO NANTUCKET.

Nantucket ships their items in bags and not bins, so there is more chance of damage with materials go to and from there.

ALSO, please package any AV item that is in a case that is already damaged or seems overly flimsy.

Thanks!!

NO MORE BAGS

As of January 15th, SEMLS wants the libraries to stop packaging the DVDs (and etc) in the bubble bags. According to their tests, the bags don't help much (this point was contested strenuously by Nantucket because their stuff ships in BAGS and not bins). In any event, no more packaging. It was pointed out that if you put your AV materials in a separate bin (without books) it helps in terms of damage. We have stopped packaging as of now, and we will be using the separate bin method to see how it goes.

Since writing out a slip for each movie is cumbersome, and we aren't supposed to band items together, you can continue to place DVDs in the drawers, and use the pre-printed slips ON EACH ONE before placing them in the bin for delivery. If you have questions, please see me or Kathy.

Thanks!

Delivery

The delivery should now be arriving at 11 am! Yay. If delivery deviates from this for more than two days in a row, please let me know. Thanks!