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Ayre, Lori Bowen. Library Delivery 2.0: Delivering Library Materials in the Age of Netflix. Library Philosophy and Practice v. 2007 (2007) p. 1-6. http://www.clicweb.org/movingmountains/HWWilsonRecords.html  Note: Lori Ayre maintains a delicious bookmark called “Libraries Offering Home Delivery to All (not just Homebound)” at http://delicious.com/lbayre/homedelivery


Bennett, Marsha.  Johnson County Library Truck Campaign, The Unabashed Librarian, no. 151 (2009) p 3-4

Bessant, R. (1997). Delivery of library materials in Wisconsin. Prepared for Division for Libraries and Community Learning, Bureau for Interlibrary Loan and

Resource Sharing. Madison, WI: Department of Public Instruction. 

Burkholder, S. A. (1992, December). By our own bootstraps: making document delivery work in Oregon. (Special Section: Document Delivery). Computers in Libraries 12 (11), 19-24.

Chen, Chao-chen and Wu, I-Hsiu. The Delivery of Library Materials to End Users: Taiwanese Libraries Address Special Information Needs. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, v. 10 no.1 (Spring 2009). http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v10n01/chen_c01.html

Copenhagen Public Library Foreign-Language Collections and Paid Express Delivery to Homes and Offices. Public Library Quarterly v. 24 no. 4 (2005) p. 111-12

Fast Facts - Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service. ED110.10/No. 251. April 24, 2007. http://www.lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/251_courier.pdf

Fiels, K. M. and Naylor, R. P. (1990, June).  Delivery of information and materials between libraries: the state of the art. Proceedings of the June 1990 ASCLA Multi-LINCS Preconference.  Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Chicago: American Library Association. 

Gardner, C. A., and Cy Dillon. Openers. Virginia Libraries 53.2 (2007): 3-4.

Geiser, C., & Miller, R. (1996). GMRLC negotiations for an interstate courier: History,  results and trends. Journal of Library Administration, 23(1/2), 5-22. 

Graham, A. (2000). Resource sharing within the Western North Carolina Library Network: Faculty and student perspective. Journal of Library Administration, 31(1), 41-54. 

Helmer, John F.  (1999, Winter). Orbis courier service: the resurrection of a collaborative  success.  OLA Quarterly, 5(1), 8-10. 

Horton, Valerie. CLiC Announces New Courier Codes! Colorado Libraries v. 34 no. 1 (2008) p. 35-6

Horton, Valerie & Smith, Bruce.  Moving Materials: Physical Delivery in Libraries.  Chicago : American Library Association, 2010.

Horton, Valerie.  (2009) Moving Mountains and Crossing Rivers: A Report from the Second Conference on Library Physical Delivery.  Collaborative Librarianship, 1/1, 18-26.

Howard, Dan. Mail Order Library Delivers for Rural Readers. Alki, 23 no1, March 2007; p.15.
Isele, E. Letters to the Library - Home DeliveryService. The Unabashed Librarian no. 134 (2005) p. 12-13

Jahr, M. H. Far lage boken kommer-register!. Bok og Bibliotek v. 64 no. 3 (April 1997) p. 10

Jones, C. Services to the housebound in Adelaide's metropolitan and regional public libraries: current practices and future needs. Australian Library Journal v. 55 no. 1 (February 2006) p. 30-47

Jordan, Robert T.  Tomorrow’s Library:  Direct Access and Delivery.  New York:  R.R. Bowker, 1970.

Julian, G. (1996). Truck and high-tech: document delivery in the '90s. The Serials Librarian,  28(3-4), 275-81.

Kim, Choong H.  Books by Mail:  A Handbook for Libraries.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1977.

Kurutz, G. E. "It's a Long Trip from Headquarters": An Exhibit Celebrating Early County Library Service in California [Photographic essay]. California State Library Foundation Bulletin no. 92 (2009) p. 13-19

Library Research Service.  (2003, March 26). Courier service by regional systems saves libraries millions of dollars annually over alternative delivery methods.  Fast Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service. ED3/110.10/No.191. Retrieved May 2007 from http://www.lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/191_courier.pdf 

Massie, D. (2000). The international sharing of returnable library materials.  Interlending & Document Supply, 28(3), 110-15. 

Massie, Dennis “Greening ILL Practices: Data’s, Do’s and Don’ts”. Powerpoint presentation at ALA Midwinter, 2010.

Mazurkiewicz, K. Sending Interlibrary Loan Books the Cheapest and Smartest Way. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply v. 17 no. 4 (2007) p. 11-14

Montana NCIP Home Delivery Report.   2006. http://www.oclc.org/services/brochures/213652usf_montana_ncip_home_delivery_report.pdf

Morris, L. R. Mailing ILL in the US. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply v. 4 no. 1 (1993) p. 1-3

Myers, Jim. 2009. "Home delivery at the Orange County Library System: an exemplar from the USA." Interlending & Document Supply 37, no. 2: 84-6.

Nix, Larry T. (2007). The New York Mercantile Library and Its Home Delivery Service.  Libraries & the Cultural Record, 42(4), 452-5

Oregon Library Association Resource Sharing Committee. (2003). Oregon Statewide Interlibrary Delivery of Materials Research and Planning Project: Report on Statewide Interlibrary Delivery of Materials. Retrieved May 2007 from http://www.olaweb.org/org/deliverystudy.htm 

Pierson, Samantha K. (2007). Montana Library Courier System: Is There Potential? http://www.clicweb.org/movingmountains/Pierson_S_FinalPROJECT080107.pdf

Priebe, Losa. Could Your Library Courier Benefit from a Courier Management System? Collaborative Librarianship v. 1 no. 2 (2009) p. 72
Reed, Mary Jane.  Books by Mail Services:  Moving the Library to Disadvantaged Adults.  Morehead, KY: Appalachian Adult Education Center, Morehead State University, 1974.

Rosen, Franca. A CLiC Story: The Colorado Library Courier Users Manual. Colorado Libraries v. 33 no. 1 (2007) p. 30-1

Russel, B., and Lance, K. C. (2003).  Colorado Courier Cost Comparison Study.  Retrieved May 2007 from http://www.lrs.org/documents/closer_look/courier_cost.pdf 

Sampson, JoAnn.  Outreach as Virtual Branch.  Public Libraries, v48, no 1 (2009) p.23-4

San Antonio Public Library.  Books by Mail:  An Experimental Project Sponsored by the Council on Library Resources.  San Antonio, TX:  San Antonio Public Library, 1970.

Scipioni, M. and Reeves, C.  (2004, October). Resource sharing among Minnesota libraries: Inter-library delivery services structure, costs, and current/future funding. Management Analysis and Development Team, State Library Services and School Technology, Department of Education.  Retrieved May 2007 from  http://education.state.mn.us/mdeprod/groups/Library/documents/Report/003585.pdf 

Shrauger, K. J. (2002, December). Courier Services Come to Arkansas.  Arkansas Libraries, 59(6), 4-8 

Strauss, K. Your Books Are in the Mail: Launching a Books by Mail Program [At San Francisco Public Library]. Public Libraries v. 42 no. 1 (January/February 2003) p. 47-50

The book's in the mail for children in Maine [summer reading club]. School Library Journal v. 41 (September 1995) p. 110
Weaver-Meyers, P. L., Stolt, W. A.., and Fong, Y. S., eds. (1996) Interlibrary loan/document delivery and customer satisfaction: strategies for redesigning services. New York: Haworth Press. 

Weaver, B. F. Outsourcing--a dirty word or a lifeline? [state libraries in Rhode Island and New Jersey have found ways to cut costs by outsourcing delivery services]. The Bottom Line v. 7 (Summer 1993) p. 26-9

Home Delivery - some research and links from Marlene Sue Heroux.

 


 

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