[ILL-L] Dissertations...to catalog or not to catalog

[Klump, Holly]

re: cataloging, I'm not sure why we are not cataloging them, to be
honest.  Perhaps staff time?  I'll have to check on that, to be truthful
I know nothing about cataloging. 
 
I appreciate your responses so far!  I will bring up cataloging in order
to then share them.  I think that is such a good point!
 
holly

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We would charge the patrons to buy them, so they would keep them. Why
not catalog them so others can borrow them? Ed.
 

Edward Helmrich 
ILL Office 
Ryan Library 
Iona College VXI 
914-633-2352 
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Do you buy dissertations for students?  
We try to borrow them first, but many times universities do not allow so
we will order for faculty members or graduate students.
 
After you buy the dissertations, do you catalog them or simply give them
to the students?
Since we are a small library with a decent ILL budget, my supervisor
likes us to give the dissertations to the students, not asking for them
back.
We have really just implemented this in the past few months, though the
old coordintor (I am new) had been saving them for years.  
We lack the space for cataloging them, though we could keep them in the
ILL office.  If we did that, our office is generally closed by 3:30 and
not on weekends, so it would be a hassle for reference staff to get them
when we are closed.  Also, it seems that we never order the same
dissertation twice, so the liklihood of them being used again is low.
However, some people feel differently.  I have mixed feelings.  We are
in the process of moving and I'm wondering if we should get rid of our
"secret stash" or hold onto them.  
Knowing what other libraries do would be so helpful!
 
Thanks!
 
Holly Klump
ILL Coordinator
 
Regina Library
Rivier College
603.897.8255
 
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