[ILL-L] ---- and Requesting renewal)

[Laura Barnard]

Arthur, et al:

The National Code defines the due date from the lender as the date the item is due back at the lending library.  So travel time back should be a factor in when you ask for a renewal.  


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

>>> "Robinson, Arthur " <arobinson at lagrange.edu> 4/20/2008 6:46 PM >>>
I know both these topics have been discussed before, but I can't remember the details.

 

(1)      I have just discovered that a professor put an ILL article I had obtained for him on reserve.  The semester's just about over, but for the future, how should I handle this?  I know we shouldn't put ILL books on reserve, but is there a problem, copyright or otherwise, with putting articles on reserve?  Should I warn faculty that ILL articles shouldn't be put on reserve?

(2)     A colleague in Circulation is taking over from me (yay!) the task of keeping track of due dates for ILL, requesting renewals, harassing deadbeats, etc.  I have a vague memory that some libraries want renewal requested two or three days before the book is due back at their library, so I had got into the habit of requesting renewal daily for all books three days  before the due date (I come in seven days a week).  My colleague usually comes in five days a week, so I suggested she might want to request renewal on Friday for books that were due back at the other library over the weekend or on Monday.  But apparently this isn't happening.  Am I misremembering and/or paranoid?  If, for example, the lending library's due date is April 21, is it safe for her to wait until the 21st to request renewal, or should she do so before then, and if so, how many days before?  

 

Thank you!

 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)