[ACQCI] Midwest Library Services

[Amanda Raab]

Awesome! Thanks, Cara!

Amanda Raab
Discovery Services and Cataloging Manager
Hobson Library
Ohio Wesleyan University
90 South Henry St.
Delaware, OH 43015
740/368-3242 <(740)%20368-3242>
asraab at owu.edu
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On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 9:44 AM Calabrese, Cara <calabrcm at miamioh.edu> wrote:

> I work with them. I use them more for out of stock/print items that I
> can't get from GOBI (or that I think GOBI will cancel). Customer service is
> very good. The interface of their tool InterAcq looks like old websites,
> but it functions. I haven't done an analysis on what we get from them since
> I think we are only in the second year of depending on them.
>
> Anecdotally I think items I order from them take longer to arrive, but I
> am mostly ordering items that require a little more effort. Overall I'm
> pretty happy having them as our back up vendor. I've been moving away from
> Amazon, since my university moved to amazon business which limits the
> suppliers I can work with and I saw more canceled orders after the
> switch to amazon business as well. They only do books though, so if you buy
> DVDs or other physical stuff that still has to go elsewhere.
>
> They do have a way to ask them to skip talking to publishers and look
> straight into second sellers for out of print stuff, which I appreciate.
> That takes the leg work out for me and helps me circumvent lengthy
> discussions about being tax exempt with new vendors and our accounting dept.
>
> When I started to work with them I talked to Steven Chase. When we had
> started talking about using them as a secondary vendor he gave me a few
> places that used them already, if I wanted to reach out and get a library's
> take.
>
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 4:23 PM Amanda Raab via ACQCI <
> acqci at lists.ohiolink.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks -- have any of you done business with Midwest Library Services
>> out of Missouri? If so, how was their inventory? Customer service? Order
>> interface?  Thanks!! Amanda Raab Discovery Services and Cataloging
>> ManagerHobson LibraryOhio Wesleyan
>> Hey folks -- have any of you done business with Midwest Library Services
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>> out of Missouri? If so, how was their inventory? Customer service? Order
>> interface?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>> Amanda Raab
>> Discovery Services and Cataloging Manager
>> Hobson Library
>> Ohio Wesleyan University
>> 90 South Henry St.
>> Delaware, OH 43015
>> 740/368-3242 <(740)%20368-3242>
>> asraab at owu.edu
>> *Pronouns: She/Her*
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> Cara Calabrese
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