Comment Details - National Information Standards Organization

#00137 Comment Details - RP-12-201x_Physical Delivery_draft_for_public_comment_final.pdf

Document Information
Title	NISO RP-12-201x, Physical Delivery of Library Resources (draft for public comment)
File Name	RP-12-201x_Physical Delivery_draft_for_public_comment_final.pdf	State	Final
Date Added	2011-07-07 13:54:17	Revision Number	0
Submitter Name	Cynthia Hodgson	Size	908K

Comment Information
Summary	Questions about Delivery Reduction	State (Disposition)	New (Unresolved)
Date Added	2011-08-19 09:55:48	Last Updated	2011-08-19 09:55:48
Submitter Name	Paula Kelsall	Assigned To	Unassigned
Company Name	Library and Archives Canada	Response	None
Interest Category		Category	N/A
Origin	Public Review	Section, Page, Line	Section 2.7, Page 9010
Item		Item Description

Submitter Comment
This is a very interesting discussion which I had some trouble following. I wonder if it could be clarified somewhat, perhaps by some diagrams illustrating the difference between the options described. I found Delivery Route Clustering and Hold Queue CLustering particularly hard to follow. I assume a "hold queue" is a list of patrons who are waiting for a book, but perhaps this should be added to Terms and Definitions. The hold queue (and the value of ignoring it) is mentioned in both Hold Queue Clustering and Closest Available Copy--perhaps these should be grouped together and differentiated? I also wonder if it would be helpful in this section to distinguish between practices that can speed up delivery between branches of a multi-branch library system, and between different libraries that may or may not be members of a consortium.

Submitter Comment

This is a very interesting discussion which I had some trouble following. I wonder if it could be clarified somewhat, perhaps by some diagrams illustrating the difference between the options described. I found Delivery Route Clustering and Hold Queue CLustering particularly hard to follow. I assume a "hold queue" is a list of patrons who are waiting for a book, but perhaps this should be added to Terms and Definitions. The hold queue (and the value of ignoring it) is mentioned in both Hold Queue Clustering and Closest Available Copy--perhaps these should be grouped together and differentiated? I also wonder if it would be helpful in this section to distinguish between practices that can speed up delivery between branches of a multi-branch library system, and between different libraries that may or may not be members of a consortium.