[ILL-L] Question for my ILL Colleagues

[Robinson, Arthur]

At our library (GLG, LaGrange College in Georgia), we don't have a formal ILL-for-purchase program, but if a patron requests a book on ILL and we can't get it on ILL (new book or not available in any US libraries), but it's obtainable for a reasonable price, we'll normally buy it.  (Often we start getting ILL requests from other libraries for it.)  Also, on a few occasions (such as requests for sheet music) it's actually been cheaper to purchase an item than to borrow it.
 
When ILL books come in that look as if they may be useful for our collection (especially if it's a "hot topic," such as a book of criticism on a little-known modern author whom an entire class is studying), I evalaute them (after the patron returns them) for possible purchase, or pass the book on to a colleague if it's a subject I know nothing about (such as science, business, law... actually if I start listing the subjects I know nothing about this will be a VERY long e-mail). 
 
Things are probably different here from the situation at FIU and other univerities--we're a small college (1100 students) with only four librarians, so all of us do collection development (and everything else imaginable... or unimaginable).
 
Arthur Robinson (GLG)

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Sent: Mon 7/2/2007 12:37 PM
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Subject: [ILL-L] Question for my ILL Colleagues



ILL Colleagues:
Does your ILL service purchase books for ILL patrons? I know of many ILL
units already doing this -- and we are very "goal minded" to convince
our acquisitions and collection development colleagues here that this is
a worthy service. We are planning to begin an ILL-for-purchase program
soon, and I am polling my ILL colleagues on this question. If you have
time only to answer, please provide institution and OCLC symbol
indicating that you are or are not offering this service; if you have
advice, I'd be delighted to hear it.
Many thanks! Douglas Hasty, FIU-Miami.

--
"May I aspire to be the type
of person my dog thinks I am."
- (unknown)
"Thought before action, if possible."
- Dick Francis, mystery writer
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Douglas Hasty, MLS
Head, Access Services Dept.
Green Library, GL-290
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
305-348-2459
Fax: 305-348-6055
LCP -- http://lcp.fiu.edu <http://lcp.fiu.edu/> 
http://www.fiu.edu/~hastyd
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