ILDS Update

Incoming Delivery Manifests
Lanter Delivery Systems has implemented a new process that creates a daily incoming manifest for ILDS sites. Lanter is now scanning the barcode that appears on the labels that all sites use to ship ILL items. Lanter is using this information to produce a manifest that the driver will provide with each incoming shipment. The incoming manifest contain information on each bag that is delivered, such as bag number, scan date, and where the bag was sent from. A few areas of the state are still not receiving incoming manifests but should expect to see them in the near future.

To report any discrepancies between what is listed on your manifest and what is received or to offer feedback on the incoming manifests, email support@carli.illinois.edu with a subject line of Incoming Manifest.

4th Quarter Closure Dates
The designated 4th quarter non-service holidays are Thanksgiving (November 27), Christmas and New Year's Day. If you need to add any closure dates for your location through the end of this year other than those you reported on the closure survey, or if you did not respond to the survey and will be closed other than the designated non-service dates, please send any additional dates as soon as possible to support@carli.illinois.edu.

3rd Quarter Delivery Statistics
We're pleased to report that 374,473 items were shipped via ILDS for the third quarter (July - September) of this year. Even with the summer break, we experienced a 12.5% increase in volume over the second quarter (April - June). This brings our year-to-date total of items shipped to 1,066,208. Great job, everyone!!

Moving Mountains and Crossing Rivers Conference
The national Moving Mountains and Crossing Rivers conference on physical delivery was held in Cincinnati September 25-26. More than 70 attendees from across the country, including representatives from CARLI, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System, heard presentations on supply chain management, the state of the courier industry, working with a vendor and home delivery. A 3rd national conference has been tentatively scheduled for 2010 in Georgia.

As always, please continue to send your questions, comments, and suggestions to support@carli.illinois.edu.