[ILL-L] ILL Policies

[Laura Barnard]

Based on the assumption (or fact) that a format may be a hindrance to access, we will request alternate formats, ie, book on tape if we only own book on cd or hardcopy/cd/cassette format if we only own e-book.  We will ILL for a large print item if we only own regular print, but we won't ILL for a regular print if we own the large print as we see the lp as fully accessible to a regular sighted person (though it may be inconvenient).

Laura Barnard
Interlibrary Loans
Seattle Public Library (UOK)
206-386-4601
ill at spl.org

>>> "corinne nyquist" <nyquistc at newpaltz.edu> 9/27/2007 10:41 AM >>>
We request whatever a patron wants in whatever format they request.
In fact on our media request form we ask that they designate format.
This also helps us when we do statistics.  Corinne Nyquist, SUNY New Paltz

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:17:27 -0400
  "Deborah McLaughlin" <mclaughd at cobbcat.org> wrote:
> We are reviewing our ILL policy and are interested in how other libraries
> are addressing the issues raised when multiple formats are available within
> your library. Do you request the material in the format the patron wants?
>For example, if you own a title as an electronic book would you request the
> print version through ILL if that's the format the patron wanted? I think
> our policy may have been written at a time when this was not an issue -
> before my time, anyway - and now with multiple formats available, we may
> need to do some revising.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Deborah McLaughlin
> 
> Head of Reserves and Interlibrary Loan 
> 
> Cobb County Public Library System
> 
> 266 Roswell Street
> 
> Marietta, GA 30060
> 
> 770-528-2329 (Phone)
> 
> 770-528-2367 (Fax)
> 
> 
> 

Corinne Nyquist, MLS, Ph.D
Sojourner Truth Library
State University of New York
New Paltz, NY 112561
845-257-3681
nyquistc at newpaltz.edu 
_______________________________________________
ILL-L mailing list
ILL-L at webjunction.org 
http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/ill-l