[ILL-L] ILL on Course Reserves - limited time period

[Laura Barnard]

Nora,

Without checking to see if Boucher has spoken to this, I would consider these issues:
    
    the book was borrowed by you with indication it was for A patron, not many patrons
    if it is put on reserve, it is exposed to use by several persons, so possibility of damage or loss is 
    greater than the owning library might have understood in the beginning.

I would suggest contacting the lending library and asking them if they mind.  

We are a public library and don't face this exact situation.  However, we have had patrons who want to borrow their friends ILLs.  Our practice has been to have the second patron submit a request of their own for the title.  Usually we will try to get another copy from another library and let the first one go back to its own (owning)  patrons.  If there aren't many copies out there, then we  may contact the lending library and determine if an extension of the due date for use by a second patron would be acceptable.  

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

>>> Nora Allred <nsallred at mtu.edu> 4/8/2008 1:02 PM >>>
Hi All,

We have a class in a panic to get their hands on a book.  One student in 
the class has the book -  through ILL -  and is willing to place it on 
Course Reserve for the duration of the ILL loan period (about 2 weeks.)  
I have read that it is "against the ILL code" to use ILL material for 
reserves, but I just reread the national code and can't find anything 
that says this cannot be done or that it's unethical.  Would you allow 
this?  Is there a general statement regarding ILL and reserves that I'm 
overlooking?  (I reviewed the US and MI state codes.)

Thanks in advance for any speedy replies.

Nora

-- 
Nora Allred
Head, Access Services
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
phone: 906-487-3208
email: nsallred at mtu.edu 


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