[ILL-L] Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes- anyone using them? & del confirmation

Tue Aug 4 10:14:24 EDT 2009

Hi,
I beg to differ a bit about USPS delivery confirmation: while it is
not always perfect, and not always current to the hour, I find 
that intermediate stops are often displayed, and quickly, too:

for example, this item was mailed (library rate) on the afternoon of
7/15 
from Schenectady, NY:
Detailed Results:
Delivered, July 18, 2009, 7:37 am, AMES, IA 50011 
Processed through Sort Facility, July 17, 2009, 6:40 pm, DES MOINES, IA
50395 
Processed through Sort Facility, July 16, 2009, 5:32 am, JERSEY CITY, NJ
07097 

this item was mailed library rate on the afternoon of 6/12 from
Schenectady, NY:
Detailed Results:
 Delivered, June 15, 2009, 8:24 am, NEW YORK, NY 10033 
 Processed through Sort Facility, June 14, 2009, 7:20 pm, BETHPAGE, NY
11714 
 Processed through Sort Facility, June 13, 2009, 7:43 pm, SPRINGFIELD,
MA 01152 

If for some reason, you cannot access the information online,
(I had one delivered back, so it showed as delivered here), call your
local PO and ask for a supervisor- they can see it.

On the whole, it is good value (only .80) for the peace of mind.

Valerie Catlin
Mohawk Valley Library System
858 Duanesburg Road
Schenectady, NY 12306-1095
518-355-2010 x230  fax 518-355-0674
vcatlin at mvls.info         
www.mvls.info
OCLC: VML
-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joe Ellison
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:34 PM
To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes- anyone using them?
...

The only issue is that delivery confirmation is categorically not
tracking.
It often isn't updated until 24 hours or more after the package has been
delivered. It isn't updated at stops along the way, in the manner of
UPS, so
you truly don't know where it is between the time they pick it up and
the
time it's delivered. I'm not convinced that it will help the post office
locate the package on the off-chance that it goes astray, since I'm not
sure
it's scanned anywhere but the sending office and the final destination.

Joe Ellison
Document Delivery and Digital Initiatives Assistant
Transportation Library, Northwestern Univ Library (OCLC = JCR)
1970 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208-2300
voice: 847-491-8600, fax: 847-491-8601
j-ellison at northwestern.edu
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Merle J. Slyhoff
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:26 PM
> To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
> Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes- anyone using them?
> 
> I thought this was a great alternative but the payment is a problem.
> We're checking into whether the U mail department will actually accept
> them.
> 
> *******************************************************************
> Merle J. Slyhoff                                     V: 215-898-9013
> Collection Development &                      F: 215-898-6619
> Document Delivery Services Librarian     E: mslyhoff at law.upenn.edu
> Biddle Law Library
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3460 Chestnut Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19104-3406
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tom Bruno
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:47 PM
> To: ILLiad-l Discussion List; Interlibrary Loan Listserv
> Subject: [ILL-L] Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes- anyone using them?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I was wondering- has anyone been using the new Priority Mail Flat Rate
> Boxes for their ILL shipping?  Seems like it might be a viable
> alternative to FedEx or UPS if you add Delivery Confirmation.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Bruno
> Head of Resource Sharing, Innovation, and Outreach
> Widener Library
> Harvard University
> 
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