Moving materials physical delivery in libraries / [electronic resource] :
edited by Valerie Horton and Bruce Smith.
- Chicago : American Library Association, 2010.
- vi, 207 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.
pt. 1. The current landscape of physical delivery: Delivery : the forgotten function / Valerie Horton ; Factors influencing delivery options / Valerie Horton and Brenda Bailey-Hainer ; Physical delivery service organization / Bruce Smith -- pt. 2. Library delivery service models: Creating an in-house delivery system / Bruce Smith ; Outsourcing delivery services / Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz ; Contractual vendor relations / David Millikin and Brenda Bailey-Hainer -- pt. 3. Managing physical delivery services: 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 -- pt. 4. The future of physical delivery: Home delivery / Lori Ayres and Jim Myers ; Connecting courier services / Valerie Horton.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Direct delivery of books--United States. Library materials--Transportation--United States. Interlibrary loans--United States. Library cooperation--United States--Case studies.