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Ann - You will still have to catalog & process gifts and other stuff. However, I think you will be amazed at the difference this (relatively) inexpensive service can make! Austin Public made this switchover about four (?) years ago and believe me, it changed our turnaround time drastically. For the better! I suppose jobbers are different, but we seemed to have a very short lag between when bestsellers, for instance, appeared on the list and when they appeared in a box at our branch! You might want to talk to the APL Purchasing Supervisor to get average figures on turnaround. Zady Chouinard is at 974-7477. Hope this helps! Jennifer Patterson _____ From: Ann Brock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:26 PM To: CTLS-L List Subject: [ctls-l] Fw: processing/cataloging This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- We are a County system with 4 branches. We currently do in house processing/cataloging. We are contemplating the idea of purchasing our books/items to include all processing and cataloging. One thing in particular that I have found out today from one source/jobber that there is a possible 3 weeks delay when including processing with their items. What do you do about gift books? Genealogy? If you would please share the pros and cons that all of you have had on processing in house vs. buying items shelf ready I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks very much!! Ann _______________________ Ann Brock, Director Bertram Free Library P. O. Box 243 140 N. Gabriel Bertram, Tx. 78605 512-355-2113 512-355-3323 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
