[ILL-L] Calling all OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program Members - institutional memory recall request...

[Nora Allred]

JRVP Library (EZT) at Michigan Tech participates. I also have cards and 
the publication 46a. What I don't have however is the contact name 
(which was pretty hard to track down.) The program is still active (or 
at least it was as of last December.)

Nora

Cyril Oberlander wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> This is directed towards institutions participating in the OCLC 
> Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program, current membership listed at: 
> http://www.oclc.org/membership/advisorycommittees/profile8.htm 
> (although there is a GAC policies directory that may be more up-to-date)
>
> I apologize if this doesn’t apply, but I would like to exercise a 
> group recall to better understand procedures of this program. This was 
> developed by the Research Libraries Advisory Committee of OCLC, and 
> basically allows faculty at RFBP institutions borrowing privileges and 
> on-site access to the collections of other participating academic 
> research libraries. (At least that is what the OCLC glossary of 
> resource sharing says).
>
> Now, I have seen a couple of great explanations of the program, see 
> links below, but I haven’t found a copy of the OCLC publication no. 
> 46a. Anyone have a copy?
>
> http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/circulation/patrons/rfbp.htm
>
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/borrower/rfbp.html
>
> Also not found is the borrowing cards for the faculty to carry to the 
> institution they want to borrow from – unfortunately, it isn’t enough 
> to have the home institution’s ID card (*sigh*). While I couldn’t find 
> our cards, in calling around to other libraries, it seems likely the 
> program and cards are rarely used, so much so, that even one 
> institution that required it of our faculty member didn’t know what 
> the card even looked like. So this program may be close to obsolete, 
> unless we do a group recall…
>
> So I wanted to ask those participating in the program, got any cards 
> you can share with me? Better yet, scan it in and send the URL to the 
> listserv.
>
> Second, I have asked that OCLC put a sample and template up on their 
> website: 
> http://www.oclc.org/membership/advisorycommittees/profile8.htm to help 
> everyone identify what to look for, and how to create new ones. I am 
> very tempted to create a fun one in absence of the original.
>
> I appreciate everyone’s assistance, best wishes,
>
> Cyril
>
> Cyril Oberlander
>
> Director of Interlibrary Services
>
> University of Virginia
>
> Alderman Library
>
> PO BOX 400109
>
> Charlottesville, VA 22904-4114
>
> TEL: 434-243-2282
>
> FAX: 434-924-4337
>
> Skype: cyriloberlander
>
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Nora Allred
Head, Access Services
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
phone: 906-487-3208
email: nsallred at mtu.edu