We have outsourced processing/repairs for in excess of 300 volumes per week
to our local sheltered workshop. It took a little care to write the
specification and instructions as they had had no previous experience of
this kind of work, but their work is meticulous and accurate - we are
delighted with the arrangement. Is Ipswich too far??!!
Liz Brain
Liz Brain
Stock Manager
Suffolk County Council
Libraries & Heritage
Central Bibliographical Unit
Chantry Library
Hawthorn Drive
IPSWICH
IP1 0QY
Tel: 01473 686117
Fax: 01473 601996
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hall, Chris [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 February 2002 15:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Sleeves and wallets
>
> Sorry to trouble the list with something so old-fashioned and low-tech,
> but I wonder whether anyone can help.
>
> The majority of our books are, naturally, supplied sleeved or walleted,
> but we still acquire a certain amount from suppliers who are unwilling or
> unable to do the job for us. The firm to which the work has been
> "outsourced" for the past couple of years has recently announced that it
> will be closing the factory at which it was done, so we need to find
> another way.
>
> What does everyone else do? Do you do it all in-house? Have you found a
> nice helpful (and inexpensive!) firm to do the job for you? Do you simply
> never buy anything that hasn't been covered by the supplier? If anyone is
> kind enough to answer I would be interested to have some idea of the scale
> of the operation involved. We are probably looking at plus or minus 1000
> volumes p.a. here, though we are trying to think of ways of reducing the
> figure.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris Hall
> Bibliographical Services Librarian
> Corporation of London Libraries
> Email:[log in to unmask]
> Tel: 020 7332 1075
>
>
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