Clarification: The Heartland AEA Van delivery service will continue to deliver materials to the school district administrative offices. Only the delivery to and from public libraries is ceasing.
The AEA Van delivery service is discontinuing due to changes in the funding and structure of the Area Education Agencies. Our last pick-up day will be June 13.
After June 13, we will be using IA Shares to send materials to other public libraries on the route throughout Iowa. Some public libraries that are located inside schools or colleges are not on the route.
For non-local libraries that are not on the route, we will use US mail. For Johnston libraries, we will use staff and volunteers to hand deliver the materials.
Check-in staff will continue to use a repair slip to indicate “Not a JPL item” and an expedite flag to highlight the item’s priority.
Repair staff will enter packages in the IA Shares Package form. For packages that can’t be sent via IA Shares, use the Notes area to indicate Local or Mail.
Repair staff will receive instructions on preparing materials to be returned via IA Shares or US mail.
If you have any questions about how to handle materials that do not belong to JPL, please talk to Dreama or Laura.