[ILL-L] "In Library Use Only" - do you conditional first?

[Joe Ellison]

At 08:34 AM 11/21/2007, you wrote:
>Hello All -
>
>Just wondering what most ILL folks do on this topic.  If you're 
>going to lend for "in library use only" do you conditional first - 
>or just send with a "in library use only" instruction.
>Are there a lot of libraries that do NOT accept 'in library use only' loans?
>
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I always conditional for library use only. Not knowing the situation 
at the borrowing institution, one can't assume that they can 
accommodate the requirement. There may also be reasons why the patron 
needs (or feels they need) to take the book out of the library, e.g., 
a faculty borrower who gets free photocopying in the department 
office, but not at the library. I've certainly had libraries refuse 
the condition, so clearly there are cases in which such a restriction 
is not acceptable.


Joe Ellison
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