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Benchmarks
Benchmarks (shown below) are set to determine the number of stops a library receives in a week based on the volume of interlibrary loan transactions and/or the volume of delivery material picked up in one year. Additional factors taken into consideration to determine the actual number of days of delivery to a library include:
- SOLS financial ability to increase routes,
- Geographic location,
- Population served,
- Reciprocal borrowing arrangements,
- Inter-branch delivery agreements and
- Jobber’s material delivery.
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Benchmarks for SOLS delivery effective September 2004 |
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| Number of items per year either ILLO or Delivery |
Average # of items picked up on each day |
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| less than 300 | none | less than 6 | |
| 300 - 999 | 1 day | 6 - 20 | |
| 1000 - 1999 | 2 days | 10 - 20 | |
| 2000 - 3999 | 3 days | 14 - 27 | |
| greater than 4000 | 4 days | greater than 27 | |