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                                                            NLS Operations Alert

                                                           

No. 10-94

 

DATE    :     December 22, 2010

 

TO          :     Network Libraries

FROM   :     John Bryant, Head, Production Control Section

 

Subject :     No copy allotment quota in 2011

 

There will be no book quotas in 2011. Instead libraries will be permitted to order a minimum and maximum number of copies for each medium, audio (DB) and braille (BR), with a slight modification in maximum copies for RUSH books. The minimum and maximum quantities are shown in the table below. These limits apply to both defaults and selected quantities.

 

 

NLS Copy Allotment: Minimum and Maximum Number of Copies Allowed

 

Book Medium

Audiobooks (DBs)

Type of Library

Regional

Subregional

Priority

RUSH

Normal or Priority

RUSH

Normal or Priority

Minimum copies allowed

1

1

1

1

Maximum copies allowed

60

45

30

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book Medium

Braille Books (BRs)

Type of Library

Regional

Subregional

Priority

RUSH

Normal or Priority

RUSH

Normal or Priority

Minimum copies allowed

1

1

1

1

Maximum copies allowed

8

6

6

6

 

 

For more information contact:

John Bryant

Head, Production Control Section

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