From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:35:51 -0700 Amazon v. ILL: it's a cost question and Amazon will have advantages of scale. Right now, in twelve cities, they're doing same day delivery on a lot of prime items -- it will be a while before we can compete at all on that, and meanwhile prosperous students who need this *now* for a paper they're writing will make a choice. (I think that is an emerging problem for us in libraries: they are used to getting crappy information instantly on the net and better information today/tomorrow/48 hours from Amazon, so when we tell them our ILL commitment time is 2-5 days, they look at us funny and think of their options.) Jim O'Donnell ASU On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:21 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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