[baisl] Re: Expectations at your school around buying materials and being reimbursed?
- From: Amy Cheney <ajcheney@xxxxxxx>
- To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:10:30 -0800
ingram's is great.
On Feb 11, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Tessa Gaddis wrote:
> I am a huge fan of Ingram. I have two accounts with them. One for processed
> books and one for unprocessed for items I want really quickly or for faculty.
>
> From: baisl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:baisl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Helen Huber
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:56 PM
> To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [baisl] Re: Expectations at your school around buying materials and
> being reimbursed?
>
> I also use Ingram but more frequently use Baker & Taylor because they don't
> ever charge shipping and have a comparable discount schedule.
>
> Helen Huber, CSB Librarian
> huber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 415-614-5117
>
> Cathedral School for Boys
> 1275 Sacramento Street
> San Francisco, CA 94108
>
> “We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting
> each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears,
> discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.”-Eleanor Roosevelt
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Marilyn Kimura <mkimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> HI Folks,
>
> We highly recommend Ingram as a source for books. We have used them for 25+
> years. Our primary warehouse is in Oregon, and we get shipments in 1-3 days
> if they have the titles we want. They don't charge shipping on 15 or more
> items from the same warehouse and our usual discount is 32%. We use purchase
> orders, and they bill us. We review the invoices, assign appropriate budget
> line numbers, and send to our business Office for payment.
>
> best, marilyn
>
> BTW, Ingram will also accept returns on most items.
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Daina Dickman <daina.dickman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> My current situation is that if I need items with a quick turnaround I use
> Amazon Prime. Follett has a turnaround of up to a month in my experience,
> which is my preferred vendor. The problem is that I am expected to use my
> own debit card and be reimbursed by the school when I use Amazon.
>
> Because the library collection I inherited last year is so out of date
> (average age of NF was early 1990s) there are constant curricular emergencies
> from teachers. I want to be responsive to teacher needs, especially because
> I am trying to promote the library as a valuable resource. However, I am at
> a point where financially I can't be waiting to be reimbursed for several
> hundred dollars at any given time. My school head told me "no" when I asked
> about getting a departmental credit card to tie to Amazon.
>
> Can I ask what other school libraries do? I am leaning towards telling
> teachers that I can't make exceptions and they need to give me order requests
> 6 weeks out. However, I HATE doing that because I like being responsive and
> flexible -- especially as I rebuild the collection. The library was in such
> chaos when I came in that I don't think there were any procedures in place in
> the past.
>
> Thank you,
> Daina
>
> Marilyn Kimura, Librarian
> The Nueva School
> 6565 Skyline Blvd.
> Hillsborough, CA 94010
> Voice: 650-350-4564
> Email: mkimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ***I dream, therefore I exist***
> Strindberg
>
>
>
>
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