[ILL-L] ILL usage by library staff

[Bridges, Kimberly]

Do members of your library staff regularly request ILL items for their
own personal use? 

 - Yes, some do, but most have been work-related, especially for YS.

 

Do ILL staff use it more than staff from other departments? 

 - No, since I am technically the entire ILL staff.  ;)  I've only
requested 2 or 3 books since I took over about 2 years ago.

 

If your library charges patrons a fee to borrow, do staff also pay the
fee?

 - Yes, but we only charge if the lending library charges, which hardly
ever happens.'

 

Kimberly Bridges

 

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Kimberly Bridges, Reference/ILL Librarian
Bryan+College Station Public Library System
201 E. 29th Street
Bryan, TX  77803
(979) 209-5600
kbridges @ bryantx.gov
 
"Knowledge, if stored away and not put into use, may corrode in time." -
Eva Arrington
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Linda Wilkinson
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:39 AM
To: ILL-L
Subject: [ILL-L] ILL usage by library staff

 

Just an informal survey here - feel free to reply off-list

 

-Do members of your library staff regularly request ILL items for their
own personal use?  

 

-Do ILL staff use it more than staff from other departments? 

 

-If your library charges patrons a fee to borrow, do staff also pay the
fee?

 

I'm curious because I do succumb to temptation now and then and "surf"
OCLC for items to borrow; I was wondering if others out there do the
same.  I would think that staff who use ILL would be more likely to
recommend it to patrons.  Also, we do charge our patrons a fee ($1.50 to
cover postage), and to be honest, sometimes I don't pay it...  

 

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Linda Wilkinson, ILL Coordinator
Southeastern Public Library System of OK
OCLC symbol: OKI

wilkinson at sepl.lib.ok.us <mailto:wilkinson at sepl.lib.ok.us>  

 

 

 

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