What part of the country are you from? What are your curriculum objectives? What is unique about your student population?

At Mackin, we understand that no two libraries are the same, so we don’t offer a cookie-cutter selection of titles or services. We customize every aspect of our services to make sure that your needs are met.

If you’re moving an old library, we can help you analyze your old collection and determine the most cost effective way to build on to your existing collection. If you’re starting from scratch, we’ll help you figure out where to get started. We’ll even provide a shelving summary to help you assess the shelf space you’ll need for each subject area.

You never have to apply barcodes, put covers on books, stamp your books, or paste in date due slips. We follow your exact specifications so the titles are ready to put on the shelf the moment they arrive.

“Mackin redefines the phrase “customer service.” We were impressed with your impeccable processing standards, and that titles truly were ‘shelf-ready.’”

We provide full MARC21 electronic records for 100 percent of the titles you order–books, videos, CDs, DVDs, audiotapes and software. If a title requires original cataloging, our staff of MLS degreed professionals will create a record from scratch and make sure it’s perfect. You’ll never have to catalog anything you receive from Mackin or ‘fix’ our records.

When your order arrives—shipped free in the continental U.S.—the boxes are color coded by each section of the library to make it easy to see what goes where. And the books come out of the boxes in the exact order they belong on the shelves – a little invention of ours that librarians love.

“The collection was delivered right on time, and we couldn’t believe how efficiently, orderly, and quickly the materials went on the shelves. The records were well-cataloged and uploaded easily. We were ready to have the materials checked out that day!”

You’ll work with someone like DeAnn, one of our Opening Day Collection specialists. She’ll ask all the right questions to make sure your new collection fits your school and will ensure that the entire process goes as smoothly as possible.

To speak with a coordinator, call 800-245-9540 or email odc@mackin.com.

We order titles from over 18,000 publishers, not just one warehouse, so you can complete your order with just one purchase order.

“The personal help that was grounded in extensive experience supplying opening day collections was invaluable to me. Mackin offered every service I could think of, and sometimes ones I hadn’t thought of. Their positive encouragement that together we could complete the collection was wonderful.”

For more information, call 800.245.9540 or email odc@mackin.com