No ILDS Changes Following July 1 System Merger

CARLI will not be making any changes to the routes, schedules or labeling for ILDS following library systems mergers set to take place on July 1, 2011. The two new library systems, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS), will need some time to settle in and plan for the future. CARLI is committed to ensuring that delivery throughout Illinois continues smoothly. We will support the evolution of the new system structure, and ensure that any transitions in overall delivery service are as seamless as possible. Specifically:

• Following the mergers on July 1, ILDS will continue to serve all twelve existing system service hubs on the currently established schedule
  • RAILS: ALS, DLS, MLS, NSL, PAC, PAR, PAS
  • IHLS: LCL, LTS, RPL, SHL
  • CPL
• It is our understanding that RAILS and IHLS will continue to deliver to the libraries that were members of each of the predecessor systems and are now RAILS and IHLS members from the hubs that have been serving them (e.g., Rockford Public Library will be served from PAR). Therefore, ILDS will continue to transport materials among all of the former system headquarters sites.
• There are no plans to make any changes to the ILDS labeling system or the ILDS Paper Routing Label in the near future. 

We will pass along any information about operational changes to ILDS as soon as we are aware of them. Please contact support@carli.illinois.edu if you have any questions.