MHLS Home Delivery Services

Member Library Responsibilities

  • Place Mid-Hudson shipping bins and other clearly labeled items for pick-up such as audio-visual equipment and rotating collections in the same place every day. If we bring three bins on Monday, there should be three bins sitting there on Tuesday.
    • Note as of July 1, 2006 the Non-Bin Form must be attached to any materials going through the MHLS delivery system that are separate from the regular shipping bins. Materials will not be picked up unless this form is attached.
  • Provide a clear and unobstructed path to the bins inside and outside your library.
  • Do not send fragile items, boxes of book donations, furniture, or materials that are rare or irreplaceable.
  • CDs and DVDs should be packaged in padded envelopes with clearly labeled destination names.
  • Clearly label the Mid-Hudson routing slips with the "to" line filled out with the library name and place facing the front of the item. When re-using the routing slips, cross out the old "to". Note as of January 2008, the delivery location must be printed in a large format at the top of the delivery slip and secured in the item. Do not use the location's 3-letter code.
    Here are some examples of mislabeled routing slips that come through delivery daily
  • Materials going to a correctional facility should have their routing slip addressed to "MHLS ILL Dept".
  • Items of the same size can be banded together but do not band together items going to different destinations. Uneven sized banded items will be taken apart so we can utilize all space in a shipping box.
  • Notify Mid-Hudson ahead of time of any lock or alarm changes.
  • Place items in shipping bins in an organized manner. The neater the boxes are, the less that have to be used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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