Upcoming Events
SWAN Strategic Planning: Membership Focus Group (registration required), Monday, May 21 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSA Cat Committee meeting, Tuesday, May 22 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Western Suburbs RA SIG, Tuesday, May 22 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
RLA-CE: Be a Librarian Problem Solver!, Tuesday, May 22 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PrairieCat Circulation Users Group Meeting, Tuesday, May 22 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SWAN Strategic Planning: Membership Focus Group (registration required), Tuesday, May 22 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Chicagoland Library Drupal Group, Wednesday, May 23 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
SMS team meeting, Thursday, May 24 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Route Lists and Direct Delivery Members
SWAN Delivery Lists
CARLI Member Deliveries
About MLS Delivery
The MLS delivery trucks hit the road at 4 a.m. every working day. We drive nearly 100,000 miles to deliver over 3 million items to member libraries every year.
As stated in the Standards of Illinois Multitype Library Systems, “Delivery services facilitate the physical transfer of library materials and information among ILLINET members within the System.”
| Number of daily delivery routes |
4 |
| Number of Indirect Delivery libraries |
57 |
| Number of five-day per week delivery stops |
102 |
| Number of Delivery on Demand libraries |
112 |
| Miles traveled per week |
1,805 |
| Miles traveled annually |
93,860 |
| Number of items transported annually |
3,124,510 |
MLS Delivery Staff
- Randy Patka, Delivery Manager
(630) 734-5140 patkar@mls.lib.il.us
- Delivery Room / Mailroom
(630) 734-5152
