Scope: Some items requested by patrons though interlibrary loan are purchased through Amazon instead of obtaining through interlibrary loan or Borrow Direct. Interlibrary Services staff use the following criteria to determine such purchases.
Contact: Caitlin Finlay
Unit: Interlibrary Services
Date last reviewed: 10/03/2017
Date of next review: October 2018
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.
B. Workflow
- When a decision is made to purchase the book, ILS staff will proceed with the purchase through Amazon, using Amazon's standard shipping rate. The book will be paid for with an LTS corporate 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, look it up by title in ILLiad; fill out Buy or Borrow LTS flyer with patron name, netID, and final library location. Send the patron the email "amazon available" (which automatically routes it to Request Finished). Take the book and amazon packing slip to LTS and leave on Lisa Maybury's desk. The book will be processed and sent to Olin Circ, where it will be placed on hold for the patron.