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Unit: Interlibrary Services
Date last reviewedupdated: 10/0312/20162023
Date of next review: October 2017 2024
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A. Criteria
- Not already owned by Cornell, on order in the OPAC, or shipped in Oasis.
- Single volume monographs suitable for the library collection.
- DVDs suitable for the library collection.
- No: conferences, dissertations, working papers, tech reports, textbooks, solutions manuals, lab manuals, workbooks, self-help, audiobooks, VHS.
- English language titles only.
- Publication date within the last 5 years.
- Paperback preferred.
- Cost on Amazon is under $150.00
- Preferred ship date within 7 days or less.
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- When a decision is made to purchase the book, ILS staff will send an email to ltsorders@cornell.edu to proceed with the purchase through Amazon, using Amazon's standard shipping rate (following LTS Procedure #121). The book will be paid for with an LTS corporate Pay by Invoice account.
- In ILLiad, the word “amazon” should be typed into the lending string, the LC call number should be pasted in the appropriate place and a final library location assigned. ILS staff should send an e-mail to LTS ordering staff, where a Voyager record will be created with the status "on order" as described in LTS Procedure #121.
- When the book arrives, it should be treated like a any other interlibrary loan item. The patron will be given 4 weeks to use the item, with no renewals. The book will be stamped with a Cornell stamp, and the shipping slip sent to LTS. When the patron returns the book ILS staff will deliver it to LTS, where a location flyer will be inserted. It will then be catalogued and added to the collectionreceive and process for the patron following normal procedures.
- Give packing slip or copy of FOLIO purchase order line to Receiving Unit Supervisor for payment purposes.