[ACQCI] [External] Re: Midwest Library Services

[Sisler, Seth (he/him)]

Appreciate the info, Cara!  Midwest has left a few cold call voicemails and emails for me this year and I’ve been meaning to investigate what they offer

Seth

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Subject: [External] Re: [ACQCI] Midwest Library Services

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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 asraab@ owu. edu Pronouns: She/Her Tell us how we're doing!On Fri, Dec
Awesome! Thanks, Cara!

Amanda Raab
Discovery Services and Cataloging Manager
Hobson Library
Ohio Wesleyan University
90 South Henry St.
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On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 9:44 AM Calabrese, Cara <calabrcm at miamioh.edu<mailto: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<mailto: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<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.midwestls.com/Home__;!!KGKeukY!3CW2cQVosBovp_mHwJQVDs5776xKQ_qA5uplaVuNUyZ8tsIzDhLse0vW4mPm6_WqbgVy9w2NALWAAPfYjdUMYQ$> out of Missouri? If so, how was their inventory? Customer service? Order interface?

Thanks!!


Amanda Raab
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Hobson Library
Ohio Wesleyan University
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