Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK and Intercampus Delivery Services Suspended March 11 Through End of Spring Semester
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK is transitioning to a more reliable courier service this spring and we are confident this transition will restore our historically excellent delivery service. In order to expedite the migration to another courier provider, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK needs to shut down the service on March 11 through the end of Spring semester.
When the state of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ changed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK courier service in summer 2021, all libraries across the state encountered service disruptions and significant delays in the delivery of library materials to our patrons. Despite extensive work with the courier over the last nine months, these shortcomings have not been addressed and the state has been forced to change courier companies this spring. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK will be resuming its partnership with Priority, the company who provided delivery prior to July 2021 and is confident that they will be able to deliver your library materials efficiently once again.
- From March 11 through the end of spring term, you will not be able to request material through the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK Central Catalog. This is necessary to avoid a backlog of materials in the system during the transition.
- Since Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University's intercampus lending uses the courier service, items also will not be delivered between our campus libraries. You will not be able to request items from other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University campus libraries through the ALICE catalog.
- Your librarians would be very happy to discuss your needs and help you look for alternate formats or other ways to secure materials, such as using InterLibrary Loan, which does not rely on this intrastate delivery service.
- If you need research materials after March 11 through the end of the semester we have some guidance on how we can help access those research materials.
We appreciate your patience with these disruptions as we work with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵLINK and our library community to implement this more sustainable long-term solution.
If you have any questions, please contact your librarian or our library service desk staff.