<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div> <div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">All,</span><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">Please see below from Mike Gooding at Baker & Taylor, subject, B&T response to shipping delays. If you have ever worked with Mike he will tell you his style is "straight up, tell it like it is." </span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">I believe you will agree with his self-assessment when you read the below:</span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">Jim</span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The warehouse was projected to be caught up by now, but we are still not there. It is Covid related.</div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Books with no processing go out the door within a day. Processing is delayed and I intercede where I can. I have heard both good and bad about all of the suppliers.</div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I can only tell you that we are getting closer, but I quit promising since I have always been wrong so far</div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">mike</div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'segoe ui' , 'lucida sans' , sans-serif;font-size:14.16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><br></div><div><div><div style="font-family:'tahoma';font-size:13px"><p style="margin:0px">Michael Gooding</p><p style="margin:0px"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT4876_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:michael.gooding@baker-taylor.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">michael.gooding@baker-taylor.com</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px">voicemail <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT4877_com_zimbra_phone" style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none"><a style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none">800-775-7930</a></span> x 1070</p><p style="margin:0px">cell <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT4878_com_zimbra_phone" style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none"><a style="color:#005a95;text-decoration:none">704-906-6322</a></span></p></div></div></div></div> </div><br><div>Jim Flury<br>Technical Services Manager<br>The Library Network<br>41365 Vincenti Court<br>Novi, MI 48375<br>248-536-3100, ext 133<br>Fax 248-536-3098<br>jflury@tln.lib.mi.us</div></div><br></div></div></body></html>