Title: Purchase on Demand at Dalton State
1Purchase on Demandat Dalton State
Barbara Jones GUGM 2008
2DSC started slowly
- Alibris (OCLC ALBRS)
- Items not available from free lenders
- Up to 25 for a book or movie
- Ask director if price exceeds 25
- Set limits for some patrons
3Alibris for Libraries
4Alibris in the Policies Directory
5http//www.alibris.com/librarians
6ALIBRIS is in California
7How It Works Verbatim from Alibris website
- Create an OCLC ILL workform with verified or
unverified bibliographic data - Search WorldCat to see if Alibris holds the
title - Add the Alibris OCLC symbol ALBRS in your
lending string or place us in your Custom
Holdings - Set your IFM maxcost
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- Millions of titles available from Alibris dont
have their holdings attached in OCLC
8More from Alibris websiteverbatim
- Alibris will fill the order with the
lowest-priced copy available in the best
condition. - We will make a conditional reply for items that
exceed your maxcost. - Items are usually shipped within two business
days (via our expedited shipping methods) and
delivered in seven to ten business days to the
ILL office, or another address as stipulated. - The packing slip will include the ILL number.
9can ILL if any vendor has it listed in Alibris
Actually 14 vendors rather than 14 copies
10Alibris holdings
11Shipping costs 12 per customer service rep
- 5 shipping
- 7 for expedited shipping
- 12.00 total shipping
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13Marked shipped within an hour
14First request requested Thursday - received
Monday
15Packing slip has ILL but doesnt have patrons
nameNot every vendor included a packing slip
16Copy of SOLINET invoice
17Shipping timeincludes weekends
- Alibris 3rd party sellers
- 3-5 days 3-14 days (avg. 6 days)
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18Vendor shipping methods
- USPS Priority Mail (3-14 days)
- UPS ground (3-6 days)
- USPS bound print matter (12 days)
- 1 vendor used BPM and was reported to Alibris
customer service
19Customer service
- Calls always went to voice mail
- Next day responses to emails
- Purchase price shipping costs reimbursed via
IFM for poor quality book that was listed as VG
by 3rd party vendor