Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:08:44 +0000
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We use an Amazon Business Account for the library, but our University also has a larger Amazon Business account, which we are not purchasing under. The business account has been great for us in that it provides free 2 day shipping, allows us to track by PO, and also allows us to set up “groups” for purchasing. That way, we can have multiple people ordering via different P-Cards or Amazon billing etc… You can also set up different ship-to and bill-to addresses per group. I don’t have any information about Amazon Business for Education, but am not inclined to change right now as everything is working well right now. -Katie ``````````````````````````` Collection Services Univ of TN at Chattanooga From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Steinhoff, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:42 AM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org Subject: RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Q: amazon Business for Education accounts We upgraded to an Amazon for Business account a couple of months ago, but it is not one that appears to be targeted at education. We see a header at the top right of the screen that states my name, followed by “Account for Business,” and at the upper left, another header, “Your Business:,” followed by the name of the college. This was implemented by the college’s purchasing office because of the large number of accounts being used by different departments. The college-level account is an umbrella over all of the individual accounts. A college purchasing agent can review the individual accounts online through the college-level business account. The account also gives us the ability to add a purchase order number to an order, to allow for tracking, and for the college to pay Amazon on a monthly basis by check or electronic funds transfer for all transactions on accounts maintained by departments. So far, though, we are still using credit cards to pay for transactions. Cynthia Steinhoff Anne Arundel Community College From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Zeitz Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:50 AM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> Subject: RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Q: amazon Business for Education accounts We have been approached but have not switched. I can’t tell from what I’ve been told that it’s a better deal in terms of the types of purchases I make. From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org>] On Behalf Of Mays, Antje Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 16:24 To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Q: amazon Business for Education accounts Dear Acqnet Colleagues, if your library has an Amazon corporate account, have any of you been approached by Amazon to upgrade from your corporate account to the new “Business for Education” account? If yes, did you switch? If yes, what factors convinced you to switch? If you opted not to upgrade from corporate to Business account, what factors deterred you from switching? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Best, antje Dr. Antje Mays Professor / Acquisitions & Description Librarian [cid:image001.png_at_01CEA3E5.95F93AA0] Ida Jane Dacus Library Winthrop University 824 Oakland Avenue Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733, USA phone: 001.803.323.2274 fax: 001.803.323.2421 maysa@winthrop.edu<mailto:maysa@winthrop.edu> http://faculty.winthrop.edu/maysa [See Dacus on Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dacus-Library-Winthrop-University/69728509185?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal/>[Follow Dacus on Twitter!]<https://twitter.com/dacuslibrary>[Follow Dacus on Instagram!]<https://instagram.com/dacuslibrarypics/>[Follow Dacus News and Events Blog!]<https://dacuslibrary.wordpress.com/>Follow Dacus Library! ________________________________ The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its content, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.
