Ingram Library Service Issues

We have received some calls at the NOLA office concerning our discount with Ingram Library Services Inc. in regard to freight costs. According to our agreement, libraries should receive free freight for book/audio orders from the Primary Warehouse. On checking with our Ingram Representative, Bill Brown, I discovered that our primary warehouse is Fort Wayne, Indiana, for geographical reasons. At one time, this warehouse contained Ingram’s largest inventory of books. Presently, their Nashville warehouse has a significantly larger inventory than Fort Wayne. Thus, when a NOLA library orders books from Ingram, the Fort Wayne facility is checked first and books are sent from this locale with no freight charges to NOLA libraries. Since Fort Wayne has such a small inventory, this will almost guarantee that many of the books you order will be supplied from Nashville and your invoice will show freight charges. I have talked to Bill about our dissatisfaction with this arrangement and he is in the process of finding a more workable situation for us. We will be in contact and hope to have this resolved by the October OLC conference. As soon as a new arrangement is reached, it will be in effect immediately. Until that time, we must follow the original contract. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact me.

OLC to "Swap and Shop"

OLC’s Program Committee for the OLC conference is asking NOLA libraries to participate in the annual “Swap and Shop” exhibit on Thursday, October 30 from 10:15 to 12:15 p.m. This is your chance to share your print promotional materials with other libraries throughout Ohio. Items requested are: Annual reports; Calendars; Newsletters; Book Lists; Special Events Flyers; Service Brochures; and other public relations materials. Send 100 copies or more of your selected materials to: The Cleveland Public Library, Sterling Branch, 2200 East 30th Street; Cleveland, OH. 44114. Mark your cartons “Swap and Shop” in large red letters on both the top and sides. Deadline date for receipt of materials is Friday, October 17, 1997.

Items submitted by:
Sue McCleaf Nespeca - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

Quarterly Meeting (or Days of Wine and Roses)

NOLA invites you to join in for our 1st Quarter Meeting on Oct 1st. It is being held from 12:00 to 3:00 at Ferrante Winery and Ristorante in Geneva. The address is 5585 State Route 307. Registration takes place at 11:30 with a luncheon at 12:00 noon. The membership council meeting will take place at 1:00 pm. The topic of the meeting is Meet Millie Fry; NOLA's new Executive Director. Afterwards, there will be an open house at the new Geneva Public Library. Come one, come all. Cost for the luncheon is $12.00 American.

Universal Service Process Proceeding

FCC Chairman Reed Hundt addressed the first meeting of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). This organization along with the School and Libraries Corporation will act as a support mechanism in the provisioning of Universal Service. Read Chairman Hundt's speech here.

San Jose Library Deals With Filtering Issue

Proposal to establish "Adult-only" and "Childrens" terminals would place filtering software on access points for kids. The debate is raging at the city council.

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The city council met and after a 90 minute debate, voted against blocking software. Story Here.

Items submitted by:
Kenneth S. Bell - Email
NOLA Regional Library System