Book Selection That Makes Sense!

ALS does the work which revolutionises timely access to selecting and ordering the books you need in your library. 3000-4000 forthcoming titles each month are hand-picked as being of potential relevance to Australian public libraries and listed on the ALS Web Site for ordering. You see bibliographic data, annotations prices, age ranges and often jacket images, with a new list every month. Each new list is 2-3 months in advance of publication, and previous lists are kept for backlist ordering.

The books (& multimedia) are cleverly presented and categorised by genre (non-fiction titles by Dewey) making it easy to browse for new releases, or locate a particular title. Simple online ordering with automatic MARC records to upload into your library system can make your life very easy.

Never miss a new title! Viewing the ALS web site each month means that you'll never miss a title of significance or interest. By ordering these titles via the ALS web site, you are assured of receiving your stocks as they're hitting the bookshop's shelves.

New Title Selection & Ordering

• You spend less time on selecting books
• You choose the time & place for selection
• The latest books are on your shelves while they're still new
• See the upcoming releases from all the publishers in one place - and order them!
• Save time by only selecting from the areas of interest to you
• You know what's coming up in the next few months - information you can use to satisfy library users eager for the next in their favourite series.

Online Pre-Publication Selection

Use ALS’s online facility for

• Intuitive, time efficient, electronic, pre-publication selection
• Central selection for multi-branch libraries, or distributed selection with central approval
• Instant electronic order confirmations – can integrate with your acquisition system
• Standing Orders
• Back-list Catalogue orders

Together with

• End processing and ‘book in hand’ cataloguing

you receive

• On time delivery of shelf ready newly published materials
• Electronic invoicing
• Effective, consistent advice of delayed or followed-up items
• Personal, professional direct communication
• Innovative consultation to improve your acquisition procedures

Effective Monthly use of the ALS online New Title Data, means your library will ‘never miss a new title”

Shelf ready - Whatever you need to do to your books to get them on the shelves, ALS can do for you at very competitive prices.

• Cataloguing from circulation level, to AACR2 level 2

The ALS focus on pre-publication ordering results in many titles arriving before effective catalogue records are available from traditional bibliographic sources.

An in-house team of professional cataloguers provides AACR2 level original catalogue records (book in hand) to client specifications.

A multi-skilled in-house “Furnishing Team” uses quality materials to provide end processing to all forms of library materials to client specifications. [They pray daily for nationally uniform end processing standards... Alas, so far to no avail !]

The combination of in-house cataloguing and end processing ensures that your new titles are supplied and ready for lending within days of appearing on bookseller's shelves.

ALS is a contracted supplier of catalogue records to a national bibliographic service.

New releases are delivered within 2-4 weeks of publication - fully processed. (But you do need to get your orders in before the cut-off date on our web site). Standing orders receive the same fast service. All our deliveries are treated as "URGENT" - we have no 2nd class orders.
ALS can deliver freight-free anywhere in Australia.