[ILL-L] Question for my ILL Colleagues

[Charles, Nicole]

Hi Douglas,

We currently have a book purchase plan in place that we call "Patron's
Choice" at the University of Alberta (UAB). 

We started this as a pilot project last November and have found it quite
successful with a good response from our students. We purchase books
from Amazon.com and BN.com that are 5 years or newer in the English
language that can be shipped within 24 hours (excluding conference
proceedings). Our price limit is $150.

If you want more details, please let me know.

Thanks,

Nicole Charles
Interlibrary Loans
University of Alberta
2-10 Cameron Library
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Hasty
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:37 AM
To: ILL Listserv (USA)
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
===============
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://www.fiu.edu/~hastyd
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