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Orbis Courier Service |
| NEWS | New courier beginning Oct. 7: Consolidated Routing |
| New sub-contractor |
Lanter Delivery Systems has contracted with a new partner: Marquis
Messengers/Consolidated Routing. |
| New drivers | The Consolidated Routing drivers all wear uniforms. Permanent Name badges are being distrubuted as well. |
| Start-up period | Our Lanter representative, Sherry Titchenal, was on-site at the Orbis office for several days to assist with the transition and provide information to dropsites. Establishing a new service on just a few days' notice is a big task for the new courier. As routes are adjusted, the schedule will be fine-tuned and updates reflected here as quickly as possible. |
| Procedures | For the forseeable future, use all
existing procedures for packaging and labeling.
Manifests: Continue to record information on the daily manifest forms, but you no longer need to give a copy to the courier driver. |
| Service news & information |
Shipping
procedures
Monthly Shipping
Statistics
Report on Member Survey,
Spring 2002
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Reporting
problems. Information about missed
delivery, lost or damaged items, and other service concerns.
Courier Service presentation (overview of
membership program, service area, shipping guidelines, etc.)
Report on Courier Service participant meetings at OLA & WLA,
Spring 2001
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| Mailing labels | Each dropsite prints labels using the automated label-maker for all dropsites. November 2002: Everyone will print a new set of labels for all dropsites. The new set includes the new sort codes as shown on the Dropsites web page, and a couple of address changes. | Dropsites that serve a group of participating libraries: be sure to provide labels for those libraries, too. Remember, the dropsite goes in "FROM". If you want to provide additional detail, such as the name of the participatin library, add it below the Dropsite name in FROM. |
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Libraries
Oct. 2002: serving 213 libraries through 58 dropsites |
All participating
libraries. Alphabetical listing of
all participating libraries, and the Dropsite for labeling a package being
sent to that library.
List of dropsites in alphabetical order, with all participating libraries. |
Dropsite
Addresses, Sort Codes and Schedule
Site contacts at each dropsite (updated Oct. 7, 2002) |
| Program & Vendor |
The Vendor. Orbis has contracted with Lanter Delivery Systems to provide service in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Lanter is a large trucking, distribution and warehousing company with headquarters in Madison, Illinois. Lanter also operates library courier service programs in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and to the members of CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation -- the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago). In the Pacific Northwest, Lanter will use Marquis Messenger/Consolidated Routing for courier service to Oregon, Washington and Idaho drop sites. Marquis/Consolidated operate in many states throughout the U.S., and currently supply library delivery to organizations in Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, etc. through the Amigos group. |
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Background
Setting up the
Service to 44 dropsites began Nov. 6, 2000. |
New program, July
2000-
Sept. 27 update on
status of Courier RFP process and selection of Lanter proposal.
For more information about the RFP process and status, see the Courier Service FAQ, and the RFP. |
Setting up a Courier service membership program,
1998- |
| e-mail list | Staff at libraries participating in the courier service (drop-sites and forwarding sites) are invited to subscribe to an email listserv. Please send us your name, title, institution, and email address. In the subject line or body of the message, request to be added to the Courier email listserv. |
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