Hello,
1. For our shelf-ready books, they typically arrive 3-4 weeks after we order them. Once they are in the building, I would say that most shipments will make their way out of our technical services department within 2-3 days, and are probably shelved within a few days after that, though it will vary considerably depending on how much other shelving is needed (we generally have a re-shelving back log at the end of each semester that takes a while to clear). During most of the year though, I think things tend to be shelved within a few days of leaving our tech services department.
2. For RUSH titles, once the book physically arrives, it will usually be at the circulation desk within 24 hours and often on the same day it arrives. Weekends are an exception, so if a book arrives on Friday and can't be processed that same day, it will be pushed to Monday. The turnaround time might be a bit slower during certain parts of the year (such as at the beginning of the semester when we have a lot of priority orders for course reserves as well), but this generally isn't the case, and I would say that 48 hours would be the longest amount of time someone would have to wait. If it is of interest, the actual amount of time it takes for the books to get to us after we place an order with our RUSH vendors is generally between 1-3 days; we use GOBI and Amazon primarily.
3. ILL purchases are performed by our Acquisitions department as well, so it is generally the same as question #2.
Hope that helps!
Best,
James Glosson
Pronouns: he/him/his
Collections & Discovery Librarian
William & Mary Libraries
757-221-1638
jcglos_at_wm.edu
From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> On Behalf Of Stacey Marien
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Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Turnaround time for books
Hello Acquisitions!
I'm interested in hearing what your turnaround for processing books is -
1. We get shelf ready books from our vendor - we copy catalog them so some go directly to circ, some diverted to cataloging for further work. What is your usual turnaround to get on the shelf for titles that fall in that category?
2. Books that come in with hold notifies attached to them. We treat them as rush - what is your usual turnaround for those to get to the circulation desk?
3. Books bought for ILL - we purchase books for ILL, they have a hold notify - again what is your usual turnaround to get the book to the circ desk?
Stacey
Stacey Marien
Acquisitions Librarian
American University
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Library Technical Services
Spring Valley - Room 148
Washington, DC 20016
smarien_at_american.edu<mailto:smarien_at_american.edu>
202-885-3842<tel:202-885-3842>
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