[BULK?] Re: [ILL-L] Ten Commandments of ILL
Campbell, Heather
HEATHERC at coj.net
Wed Nov 21 12:27:50 EST 2007
One "Thou Shalt" :
If thou requestest and receiveth much from a given library, thou shalt
take a look at the given library's OCLC ILL policy. Verily, I say unto
thee, thou may find many answers to thy questions- such as - Why won't
this library send me microfilm of their local paper? Why won't they
send me genealogical books? Yea- though Conditional messages doth be
irksome to some, the issuing libraries may be sending them because
their OCLC ILL policies aren't being read and they drown'deth in
requests they cannot fill. Be thou compassionate.
And a comment:
We're a net and a free lender, though our borrowing made that 54% fill
rate jump last fiscal year and -should it continue at this rate- will
surpass lending in two years. I fill in on both lending and borrowing
as needed so I get an overall view of the operation. Our customers pay
any lending fees. I also see the symbols for same libraries asking us
for books, popping up in borrowing holdings records for books our
customers want to borrow. We don't borrow from these libraries because
they charge; for the most part, our customers are unwilling to pay $12
and up for the loan of a book. So, I see the unfairness of it. If you
charge borrowing libraries for loans and have certain libraries that you
use frequently for loans for your customers, in the spirit of
thanksgiving, goodwill, and resource sharing, it would be wonderful to
contact those intrepid and generous lenders and say-We know we borrow a
lot from you and thank you on behalf of our customers. We would like to
reciprocate." And then let them know how they can set up a reciprocal
arrangement between your institutions. I know- your institution may be
under heavy fiscal constraints or the reasons you charge may be to
discourage loan requests- or whatever- but still....
Ah- I can dream....
Heather Campbell
Manager- Special Services (Interlibrary Loan and Books by Mail)
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3505 ill at coj.net (904) 630-2986
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of James Martin
Cummings
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:34 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [BULK?] Re: [ILL-L] Ten Commandments of ILL
That is the problem. We have carefully chosen reciprocal relationships
that balance borrowing and lending. We balance both ways. One of our
major lenders, I swap in and out of lending (cells in DOcline) regularly
so that we do not borrow too much from them. Since ILL departments are
all funded differently, some are going to charge and some are not.
Jim Cummings
J. W. England Library/ILL Borrowing
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (DOCline PAUPPS, OCLC PCP)
Ariel 208.7.150.34
600 South 43rd Street Philadelphia, PA, USA 19104-4495
Telephone: 215-596-8969
Fax: 215-596-8760
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Carol A. Vaeth
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:20 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [BULK?] Re: [ILL-L] Ten Commandments of ILL
"We might end up borrowing only from libraries that charge the same
amount we do, which would significantly limit ILL."
And make it unnecessary to charge! If you charge $20 and they charge
$20, you break even...unless one of you borrows much much more than the
other.
Carol
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Debbie Hunn
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:15 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [BULK?] Re: [ILL-L] Ten Commandments of ILL
I don't like being charged $20 from libraries we lend to for free
either, but then what's the alternative? Should a library that charges
$20 also not borrow from a library that charges only $5? We might end up
borrowing only from libraries that charge the same amount we do, which
would significantly limit ILL.
Debbie
Debbie Hunn
Turpin Library
Dallas Theological Seminary
3909 Swiss Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
phone: 214-841-3752
fax: 214-841-3745
dhunn at dts.edu
>>> On 11/19/2007 at 7:18 AM, Cris Roll <croll at lssu.edu> wrote:
This is one that realllly bugs me. But I think I would also like to see:
"Thou shalt not borrow from free libraries if you charge those same free
libraries!
Cris Roll
Circulation/ILL Supervisor
Shouldice Library
Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Thou shalt not request audiovisual if thou shalt not lend
audiovisual.
MZI
Diana Zimmerman
Interlibrary Loans
Lewis & Clark Library
Helena, MT 59601
dlzimmer at mtlib.org
>>> "Wilcox, Terry DPI-RLL" <Terry.Wilcox at dpi.state.wi.us>
11/16/2007 1:41 PM >>>
Thou shall not be an LVIS member unless you intend to LEND to
all other LVIS
members, as well as borrow from them.
Thou shall not issue overdue notices without having done shelf
checks that
include the materials waiting to be shelved in the circulation
area.
Terry L. Wilcox, State ILL Librarian
Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library
2109 South Stoughton Road
Madison, WI 53716
voice: 608-224-6163
fax: 608-224-6178
Wis. toll-free: 888-542-5543, option 4
email: terry.wilcox at dpi.state.wi.us
-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Sarah Lee
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 2:27 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Ten Commandments of ILL
After the latest round of posts on canceled requests, I thought
about my
own pet peeves and that maybe we need a Ten Commandments of ILL;
Here are a few to get the ball rolling:
1. Thou shalt not ship AV's in anything but a box.
2. Thou shalt not update to shipped unless you have the item in
hand (I
know, I know, some of you do this for a good reason, like
branches ship out
ILL's directly, but maybe you could show them how to update, its
really
easy.)
3. Thou shalt not reply "No-unspecified."
4. Thou shalt not reply "No-Noncirculating" for COPY requests.
5. Thou shalt not bill borowers for items lost in natural
disasters.
OK - anymore out there? Happy Friday Y'all
Sarah L. Lee
Reference Services Mgr./ Webmaster
Mobile Public Library
PO Box 1587
Mobile AL 36633-1587
http://www.mplonline.org <http://www.mplonline.org/>
e-mail slee at mplonline.org
ph. 251-208-7085
fax 251-208-5865
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