[ILL-L] Wiki? Why not OCLC Pols Directory?

[Sue Kaler]

Hi,

Not only that, but the information has to be entered in a very particular 
way in the policies directory  in order for advanced search of lenders of 
formats to work at all well.  Otherwise, you have to crawl through entry by 
entry.  Why not compile that painfully gathered data in a place where we all 
can look at it.  

In my wildest dreams, we'd all be able to maintain it, too.  (The joys of a 
WIKI.)  Then you'd just have to search it every so often looking for new 
folks.

Of course, I'd like it even better if the Policies Directory was more 
complete and more uniform.  Then I wouldn't be spending time doing this, 
believe me.

Sue Kaler
Interlibrary Loan Supervisor
Wellesley Free Library
530 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02482
OCLC symbol MLN
skaler at minlib.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: "ILL_PSC ILL_PSC" <ILL_PSC at mail.wvu.edu>
To: <ill-l at webjunction.org>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:12:22 -0400
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Wiki? Why not OCLC Pols Directory?


Because not everyone has their policy directory info updated. 

I maintain the ArieLVIS list and it has more libraries on it than those I 
find when I do a search for LVIS libraries with Ariel. That's one of the 
steps I use when I update it, but it's not the only one.

Linda Celet Bane
Interlibrary Loan (PWS/PWSA)
Mary F. Shipper Library/LRC
Potomac State College of WVU
Keyser, WV  26726-2697
phone: (304)788-6903
fax: (304)788-6946
Ariel: 157.182.165.30, PSC_Ariel at mail.wvu.edu
E-mail: ILL_PSC at mail.wvu.edu

>>> "Nancy N Colyar" <ncolyar at lsu.edu> Friday, August 03, 2007 3:26 PM >>>
Why start a Wiki? The OCLC Policies Directory is just as available on
the web as a wiki would be, and contains all these fields. "symbol,
state, charge, format loaned (which would not have to be all formats),
loan period if exceptional and any other useful bit of information that
might help someone create their own custom holdings groups. "


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