[ILL-L] Paperwork Retention vs. Patron Privacy

[DASHER, PAULA]

Lynn,
Our library retains our ILL paper work for 2 months + current month only.  We seem to be able to answer all questions regarding return of materials within that time frame.
All ILL requests are shredded when disposed of.  It's hard to break the old "crutch" of retaining all of that paper, but once you let it go it's WONDERFUL.
pdd


Paula Dasher  ILL/Reference

Coeur d'Alene Public Library

702 E Front Avenue

Coeur d'Alene, Id 83814

(208) 769-2315

pdasher at cdalibrary.org

fax (208) 769-769-2381

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Lynn Melchor
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:23 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] Paperwork Retention vs. Patron Privacy

We have been retaining ILL request paperwork for the number of years suggested by the ILL Code.
However, I've heard libraries mention they discard requests at the end of the year, due to patron privacy issues.
Does anyone discard their requests frequently, and has it caused any problems?

Thanks for your input!
Lynn Melchor
ILL Coordinator
Elon University (NEO)
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