Many college campuses are laid out in such a way that buildings are
facing an open green space and there are not any real streets around
them. At our institution this is so. The library is literally NOT on
any street. There is a small driveway behind the building that
connects to the back of the library where the loading dock is located.
And that driveway is connected to another small drive that is also
campus property, in other words, we are not connected to any road that
is state or town maintained.
   The campus has had its own zip code for years. The USPS
delivers to a contract station operated on campus. The campus postal
staff have jurisdiction over the delivery of our mail -- not the post
office in town. In speaking to our postal people about the questions
raised in this discussion, they said that they are working on the
situation and probably will do something like what Amy Anderson
describes.
   I hardly think that the USPS can "require" that we put streets
where none are needed. In looking at this whole problem, they need
to remember that college campuses are often entities all to
themselves, especially in small towns. It's a square peg, round hole
kind of dilemma and indeed, many times a street address is really
not a practical option!
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Eleanor I. Cook                   704-262-2786 (wrk)
Serials Specialist                704-262-2773 (fax)
Belk Library
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608                  cookei@appstate.edu
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>>You mean this postmaster expects us to believe that he can sort and deliver
>>mail to (for instance) apt 811 of the San Gabriel Apts at 1100 Leander Rd
>>(zip 78628-8788) but delivery  your library at its street address is
>>"not an option"???!!!
>>
>>Is this really his position? Does he claim this is post office policy or
>>campus policy?
>>
>>Al Henderson
>><70244.1532@COMPUSERVE.COM>
---------- Forwarded Message ----------

From:   Amy Anderson, INTERNET:andersoa@SOUTHWESTERN.EDU
DATE:   12/6/96 10:17 AM
RE:     Re: Renewal notices, USPS regulations, etc.

Albert Henderson wrote:
>Why not give publishers your street address and get your money's worth?
>If that creates some redundencies in the mailroom, claim the savings
>for the library.  You probably could use the money in support of
>instruction and research.

Having talked to our local postmaster this morning to try to clarify this
whole mess, I was informed that street address delivery to most
universities, and certainly to us, is just not an option.  The Post Office
does not offer street delivery to us.  He also said that a post office box
address with zip+four would satisfy the new regulations.  Third class
delivery will still be sent to box numbers as will as bulk mailings.

Hope he is right!  I have asked my vendor to check with someone higher on
the totem pole in the Postal System to verify this.

AA

Amy Fuge Anderson                            email: andersoa@southwestern.edu
Smith Library Center                         phone: 512-863-1639
Southwestern University                      fax: 512-863-1155
Georgetown, TX  78626