New School Openings

Opening a new school library is a daunting task to undertake alone. By choosing Ingram, you will have a partner to help you plan and prepare for your school’s opening day. Our goal is to help you create a library that is as unique as your school. With our inventory and expertise, Ingram can provide you the shelf-ready materials you need, when you need them.

Customized Services
We know every school is different. Before opening day and throughout the life of your library, you can depend on us to provide the title selection and smart programs customized to fit your operation, your needs, and your budget. Our goal is to get to know you and provide you with the particular products and expertise that will accomplish your mission.

Collection Development
Our New School Collection services are built on our industry-leading product selection. No other vendor provides the breadth and depth of titles that Ingram offers. But having the most books is pointless without tools to identify the right titles for you. Our profiling program provides a clear picture of your collection needs while taking your timeline and budget into account.

Once you give us the specifics of your project, our electronic tools create your custom selection lists based on core lists. The program allows you to view and edit your lists in several different ways, and it includes comprehensive data for each title, such as bibliographic information, review citations, series lists, annotations, and more. Behind Ingram's Opening Day Collections program is our staff of MLS-degreed specialists, whose decades of frontline library experience ensure that your customized lists are relevant, accurate, and easily accessible.

Processing and Cataloging
To save you time and money, Ingram offers more than 100 different processing options for books, audiobooks, and video. Our processing options include Mylar® jackets, paperback laminate covers, book pockets, property stamps, date-due cards, bar codes, paperback pre-binding, and other services including video processing.

With BookMARC®, Ingram’s authoritative cataloging database, we are able to provide fully encoded cataloging records for your library via FTP, ipage®, or diskette. BookMARC includes the entire LC MARC database with millions of records, in addition to many records created by Ingram’s MLS-certified catalogers. Ingram also offers Sears Subject Headings.

Accelerated Reader®, Scholastic Reading Counts!™, citations, awards, and target-audience information can also be added to MARC records. Ingram also supports Codabar, Code 3 of 9, and Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode types.

Storage and Shipment
Ingram's shelf-ready collections include not only processing but also storage and shipment in Rough or Strict Dewey Sort. Your profiles are closely followed so that your collection arrives ready to be placed on the shelves in time for opening day.

Want to know more?
For more information about our New School Collection Services, contact us at (800) 937-5300 Ext. 23182. You may also contact us via e-mail at: kthrough12@ingrambook.com.