[ILL-L] Needed: Justifications for Interlibrary Loandepts.&/or Libraries/all depts.

[Campbell, Heather]

I can't speak to what ILL means for an academic library.  I also think Jane's sentence "One library can't be all things to all researchers.  A strong Interlibrary Loan department can be a life saver for those faculty whose research interests are not supported by the regular acquisitions budgets." is wonderful from a public library viewpoint substituting clients or customers for faculty.  Writing from a state whose publicly funded libraries and other government services are feeling the impact of property-tax-reform-based funding cuts.   The way to get our customers what they need is through sharing resources,  It's not just a matter of acquisition; some things are just not available any more.  JPL is over a hundred years young and managed to retain a number of old bound periodicals that may not have been digitized such as Women's Home Companion.  We get requests for photocopies from across the country.  It amazes me to look through an 1877 edition of Notes & Queries- in amazingly good condition looking for an article.   These periodicals are a valuable source of social history,  What better way can a researcher discern what it was like to live in a certain time period than by finding out from older periodicals what concerned  what entertained and what enlightened the people who lived then from the periodicals they read and supported? Resource sharing gives customers access to these sources,
 
Heather Campbell
Manager, Special Services (Interlibrary Loan & Books By Mail)
Jacksonville Public Library (JPL)
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3505
(904) 630-7017; VM: (904) 630-2986

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Kroupa, Phyllis
Sent: Fri 2/8/2008 5:48 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Needed: Justifications for Interlibrary Loandepts.&/or Libraries/all depts.



Hey Jane,

 

Thanks so much.  I could use your second paragraph verbatim & just add student research as well.  

So far you're my only respondent; perhaps I should directly email some individuals who are good at this.

 

Have an excellent weekend,

Phyllis 

 

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jane Thomas
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:22 PM
To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Needed: Justifications for Interlibrary Loan depts.&/or Libraries/all depts.

 

Hi Phyllis,

 

Just off the top of my head, what about all the money the college saves making loans and articles available to faculty, staff, and students at Ft. Lewis College without spending any money to purchase those same books, journals, and databases?  Especially since you can get so much for free from all the great libraries in Colorado?  ;-)  There are some figures floating out there about how much it costs to do ILL per loan, per article, etc., and I bet that  even if you added up all the costs of providing ILL, it would come out as way less than it would cost to purchase those same materials.  

 

One library can't be all things to all researchers.  A strong Interlibrary Loan department can be a life saver for those faculty whose research interests are not supported by the regular acquisitions budgets.

 

Just my one cent's worth on a Friday afternoon!

 

Jane Thomas

ILL & Document Delivery

University of Colorado at Boulder

 

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kroupa, Phyllis
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 12:23 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Needed: Justifications for Interlibrary Loan depts. &/or Libraries/all depts.

 

 

Greetings great folks,

 

Our director wants to present a proposal to the Administration to reinstate a position in Cataloguing/Tech Svcs & to request a new ½ time position for Interlibrary Loan - YES!!!  She is asking the staff to offer input wrt the proposal's language, specifically "If anyone  would like to provide specific wording making the case relating positions to student and classroom faculty recruitment and retention, it would be very helpful".

 

For too many years with too little money, the College's policy has been to create positions or fill vacancies only if they fell within those very specific areas.  We have also dropped from 2nd to 10th on the list for capital improvements when funds become available.  And then we must contend with the myth that libraries are becoming obsolete, especially since it isn't the majority of our students who believe it, but rather those Admin. folk.

 

I know why ILL is important, but I'm constantly amazed at how many members of our campus community are unaware of its existence!  I can also defend the Library as 'center of learning and research' position.  I'm just looking for some truly gripping and impressively-expressed rationales.  If anyone is feeling creative or has a document stashed for such purposes, I'd be ever-so appreciative of your sharing your valuable resource(s).

 

It's Friday, a day I either work very late trying to catch up or I focus on certain 'challenges'.  I hope many of you are in the latter mode today.

 

Thanks in advance,

Phyllis

 

Phyllis Kroupa, ILL

Fort Lewis College - CDF

Reed Library - Interlibrary  Loan

1000 Rim Drive

Durango, CO  81301

Courier = C504

Phone - (970) 247-7233

kroupa_p at fortlewis.edu

 

P.S.  Julia, I love your new sign-off from Shari Barr(?).  I think I've decided to go with "Hard work never killed anybody." - Some dead guy

 

 

 

 

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