Courier Management System

Press Release

Colorado Library Consortium launches Library2Library, market’s first comprehensive courier management system

Library2Library saves time, improves service and maximizes efficiencies for library materials handling

September 25, 2007 – Englewood, CO – The Colorado Library Consortium is pleased to announce its implementation of Library2Library, the first highly scalable courier management and materials transportation system designed specifically for libraries. Library2Library is a knowledgebase, allowing staff to keep, update and access all courier and materials handling information in one place. Library2Library was developed and launched in conjunction with The Quipu Group, a library-specific software development company based in Denver, CO.

The Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) has been Quipu’s development partner, and first Library2Library customer. Lisa Priebe, CLiC Assistant Director and project lead, worked closely with Quipu staff to help create a courier management system that was adaptable to a variety of materials transportation processes, and designed to build new efficiencies. "Instead of spending time correlating a variety of spreadsheets and hand-compiled stats, and tracking missing items by phone and email, Library2Library allows us to focus on building an even more efficient courier system, saving both time and dollars for our staff and member libraries," states Priebe. Courier transactions cost between .19 and .60 cents, among the lowest in the nation, based on an informal survey of other library couriers.

Benefits for courier managers in Library2Library include many powerful functions accessible through a single interface, and managers can quickly get the information they need from a full report suite. Inquiries on routes, delivery schedules, and billing can be viewed online or downloaded into Excel, and reports are highly customizable to each courier systems’ needs. Library2Library includes a trouble ticket system, routing slip creation, lost and damaged item management, multilevel logins, and courier route and schedule management. Courier systems may purchase individual modules, or may choose to do a full implementation of Library2Library.

About Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)

The nonprofit Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) is an innovative, collaborative-focused organization that empowers libraries and library staff to better serve their patrons. CLiC achieves this mission by supporting cost effective resource sharing initiatives, providing continuing education and consulting to improve services in libraries, developing cooperative purchasing opportunities, and supporting activities that promote new ideas and information sharing within the library community. CLiC currently has over 425 members, with statewide representatives from every library type. For more information on CLiC, visit http://www.clicweb.org/

About Quipu Group:

Quipu Group, LLC is a library-specific software development company and a team of information technology professionals who provide contracting and consulting services to libraries and to organizations supporting libraries. Our goal is to provide technical assistance to the library community, helping libraries and library service providers in solving the technological problems they face today, bringing over 30 years of combined experience to every project. Before forming Quipu Group, the partners developed, maintained, and enhanced a number of diverse projects, including UnCover, Gold Rush, Prospector, and The Collaborative Digitization Project. Whether you need assistance with documentation and training, database migration, or website development, the Quipu Group has the expertise to bring the project to completion. Visit http://www.quipugroup.com/ for more information.