From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:25:20 -0500 All of those. > From: Devin Savage <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 08:07:53 -0500 > > Asking from a position of ignorance here, so I know nothing of this > service, but.... Better than ILL in what way? Is it more reliable, > more accurate, quicker, cheaper (for now)? > > Devin > > Devin Savage > Assistant Dean for Assessment and Scholarly Communication > Paul V. Galvin Library > Illinois Institute of Technology > 35 West 33rd Street > Chicago, IL 60616 > > On Thursday, June 16, 2016, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:27:44 -0500 >> >> The CCC's GetItNow service is already better than ILL, but it covers >> only articles so far. >> >> Sandy Thatcher >> >> >> > From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> >> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:57:51 -0700 >> > >> > Starting in my own condo building but encouraged by the New York Times >> > >> > (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/realestate/the-doormans-dilemma-what-to-do-with-all-those-packages.html?emc=eta1) >> > >> > I observe a national trend in package room crises. Too many boxes >> > being delivered to residences and even offices and no place to put >> > them. (If you live in an apartment building and they accept your >> > packages for you, look to see where they are stashing them: it can >> > get ugly.) >> > >> > So then Amazon appears. Amazon lockers and now a growing stream I've >> > seen mentioned on other lists of Amazon "stores" esp. on campuses: >> > >> > http://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/01/15/amazon-opens-new-store-on-uc-berkeley-campus/ >> > >> > The campus issue seems particularly to be that students don't care >> > about their US Mail any more and are happy to walk a good ways to a >> > central location to pick that up, but they too want their packages >> > where they live. >> > >> > So there's Mr. Amazon, looking to solve the problem. The "stores" >> > don't stock merchandise in the traditional way and are indeed more >> > package pickup with a little customer service. Nose of camel under >> > tent? Well, leaving aside the contracts many campuses have with the >> > one or two big vendors left in the "bookstore" business but that >> > Amazon could work to supplant, when would we decide that Amazon >> > print-on-demand is a better solution to need-it-now than ILL? Some of >> > the time? Lots of the time? How much camel will wind up inside the >> > tent? >> > >> > Jim O'Donnell >> > Arizona State University