[ILL-L] What dept pays for yr ILL borrowing requests?

[Denise L Montgomery]

Dear Ed,

Thank you for your input. Nice to know that you are self-supporting, 
but that the library will make up the difference if need be.

                    Denise Montgomery
                    Valdosta State University

Document Delivery wrote:


>We come out about even on payments, receipts, or a little ahead, but it 
would come out of the library budget here, Ed.
>
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>From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Denise L Montgomery
>Sent: Wed 9/5/2007 4:51 PM
>To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
>Subject: [ILL-L] What dept pays for yr ILL borrowing requests?
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>I know the subject line, What dept pays for your ILL borrowing
>requests? sounds very odd, but the reason I am asking it is because for
>years before I came to work here in 1984, our library has always passed
>along charges from the supplying libraries to our patrons.
>Since I was fairly aggressive about negotiating reciprocal agreements,
>we belong to LVIS, and we are lucky enough to be located in GA, the
>home of two fine ACRL libraries, Emory and the University of GA, we've
>managed to keep it so that only about 3% or less of our requests each
>year have charges fro borrowing requests. Still, our patrons, both
>students and faculty who face having to pay those charges--we warn them
>before we proceed further with the requests--aren't too happy with the
>prospect, especially if they've been at another institution where they
>pay for all ILL requests. It also puts a crimp in the workflow. And I
>am aware that most libraries don't have this problem, which I have been
>trying to get changed for years.
>
>My bosses have indicated that they would like to consider the
>possibility of changing this policy, so they want some information on
>from where in the library's budget other libraries take the funds to
>pay for ILL charges from--do they have a budget for ILL? Do they take
>it from Reference? Access Services/Circ.? Acquisitions? General
>Operating expenses? A slush fund in the director's office safe? Is ILL
>expected to be self-supporting by generating enough money from lending
>fees from the items it loans out to pay for the stuff it borrows? (Wish
>we could do that, but in our case, that just about pays our annual
>ILLIAD bill.) Or, do they appeal to the administration for extra funds
>to pay for it?
>
>If it helps in formulating your reply, we have a student body of a
>little over 10,000 and a faculty of a little over 500. We are a four
>year university with a number of master's programs and a couple of
>doctoral programs.
>
>                          Denise Montgomery
>                          Valdosta State University Library
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