[ILL-L] Universal Borrowing Practices Requested

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Ed Helmrich
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY

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Sent: Wed 12/19/2007 4:33 PM
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Subject: [ILL-L] Universal Borrowing Practices Requested


Greetings Colleagues!
 
The Resource Sharing Committee of the VALE (Virtual Academic Library Environment) consortium in New Jersey is seeking information regarding universal borrowing practices around the country. By universal borrowing, the committee is referring to any student having borrowing privileges at any academic institution within the state. If you have the time, please respond briefly to any of the questions below. Thank you for your time.
 
1. Does your state have a universal borrowing program in place? NO, not that I know of.
2. Does the program include all libraries, academic and public? NO.
3. How are you defining universal borrowing? Your definition is the first I've heard of it.
4. Do you have a system in place which allows patrons to request ILLs directly? Yes, it is set up for books only though (OCLC).
5. Any additional comments regarding universal borrowing practices or patron-initiated ILLs would be welcomed and appreciated. OCLC direct request doesn't work yet for articles, OCLC told me, because the journal holdings data of libraries isn't in a standard-enough readable form, but for books it's fine, with the groups and paths set up. We're in New York State.
 
Julie Maginn
Chair, VALE Resource Sharing Committee
Access Services Librarian
Evelyn S. Field Library
Raritan Valley Community College
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-526-1200 ext. 8303
jmaginn at raritanval.edu
 
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