ILDS Update
Center for Research Libraries Added Beginning February 2
We are pleased to announce that starting February 2, 2009, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) will be joining ILDS as a direct stop. We have added them to the dropdown in the label making system, but please do not send any material directly to them via ILDS, until after February 2, 2009. Please join us in welcoming them to ILDS.
ILDS Closure Dates
Starting this year, we will be changing the way we collect your closure dates. We will no longer be collecting them quarterly. Instead, we will be collecting only the dates you are closed during the summer months, and the holidays in December. If your location will be closed for any length of time, other than the months we plan to collect closure dates, please send an email to support@carli.illinois.edu to let us know.
January 19th a Non-Service Day
Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 19th, is an ILDS non-service day. Regularly scheduled delivery service will resume Tuesday, January 20.
Best Practices
CARLI's delivery staff is in the process of developing some Best Practices when it comes to the packaging of A/V materials. We are also looking into ways to "tag" the bags that contain more fragile items. The January 16th issue of the CARLI newsletter includes tips from the CARLI Preservation Working Group: Protecting Interlibrary Loan Materials from Damage that will help to ensure that your loaned materials travel safely on ILDS.