ILDS participants are now able to print a copy of their incoming manifest directly from the LDS website, listing the bags their location is receiving on any given day. ILDS sites are no longer receiving paper copies from their Lanter Delivery Systems driver. Detailed instructions document how to use this new feature of the ILDS label system to generate incoming manifests are available from the Documentation tab. Please make sure that the appropriate staff in your library are aware of this change.

Please join us in welcoming Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, and West Suburban College of Nursing, Oak Park.

Delivery service for Olive-Harvey College (OHC), and West Suburban College of Nursing (WCN) will begin on July 1, 2010.  All documentation on the ILDS website that contains participant information will be updated soon to reflect these additions.

Also effective July 1, 2010, the following locations will no longer receive direct ILDS delivery:
East-West University (EWU)–Delivery will be facilitated through the Chicago Public Library (CPL).
Harry S Truman College (HST)–Please contact Harry S Truman College directly for delivery information after July 1st.

As the students start to return, we invite you to revisit the information that is available on the ILDS website. Detailed ILDS instructions and the ILDS participant training slides are useful tools for training new staff on the label making process. Review the current list of ILDS participants.

Labeling Bags for Delivery

Please check 3-letter codes carefully when labeling bags for ILDS delivery. Many school names sound similar, or have similar ILDS codes. We continue to receive reports of bags that are delivered to the wrong location because they were mislabeled resulting in delayed delivery for our patrons. Please refer to the list often to ensure that all staff are aware of the locations that are direct stops, as well as the proper code to use.

The CARLI delivery staff and the Preservation Working Group have developed a best practice for the packaging of fragile or expensive materials that travel in ILDS.

Although ILDS delivery bags (both purple and canvas) offer a measure of protection, libraries should not depend upon the bag alone to safeguard items such as audio or video tapes, CD's, DVD's, Blu-ray disks or other fragile and/or high-value items. Materials being transported in ILDS (or any physical delivery service) are handled several times by library and courier staff members and travel in several vehicles both coming and going. While the courier stresses the need to handle library materials appropriately, individual drivers and sorters have no idea what is in any specific bag. Consider the likelihood of damage if you place a single DVD in a thin plastic jewel case in an ILDS bag, just as you would when mailing similar items through the Postal Service or UPS without adequate protection.

CARLI is now collecting library closure dates only for the months of May, June, July, August, November, and December, when many libraries change their schedules for extended periods. We are currently collecting information about upcoming location closures. Please complete the latest closure survey by March 27th. If your location will be closed for any length of time, other than the months we are collecting closure dates, send an email to support@carli.illinois.edu.

ILDS Contacts

In an effort to keep our ILDS contact list up to date, please take some time and look at the list that is posted on the ILDS web site. It is important that we keep this list updated so that you know who to contact in case there are any problems. If you notice any incorrect information, please let us know by sending an email to support@carli.illinois.edu.