[ILL-L] Question for Libraries that ParticipateinState-wideborrowing / lending programs

[Campbell, Heather]

In Florida, the process is less centralized.  In the Florida Library
Information Network (FLIN), multi-type library cooperatives and networks
oversee resource sharing and other duties (such as continuing education)
by region.  One of the cooperatives oversees the statewide delivery
service for ILL and for the State Library's library film rental service
which operates independently from ILL. The State Library serves as a
referral center for libraries that don't have access to or can't afford
OCLC costs- mostly correctional facilities and smaller public libraries.
These requests are routed to a handful of larger Florida libraries.  A
full look at the FLIN set-up can be found at
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/flin/index.cfm
<http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/flin/index.cfm> .  We all make requests via
OCLC- not through a central hub.  There are some in-consortium and
inter-consortium lending agreements in parts of the state but nothing
statewide.
 
At JPL, ILL is part of the Special Services department, along with Books
By Mail.  Our library gets a fair number of materials put in our
bookdrops that do not belong to us, so the staff investigates who they
belong to, determines if they are or aren't an ILL book, and then
returns them to the owning libraries.  Over the years,  Special Services
has been "under" different types of supervision and once included
Talking Books.  We are now part of the POP-FIC department but work in a
non-public service area.  We help man the library's Call Center.  The
existence of in-state regional library networks have helped us group our
custom holdings groups so we're requesting the majority of our materials
from libraries closer to home, then expanding out to cooperatives
adjoining our region, then to other Florida cooperatives before going
out of state- according to the FLIN protocols.
 

Heather Campbell
Special Services ~ Interlibrary Loan and Books By Mail
Jacksonville Public Library
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
ill at coj.net    904-630-2985 

 

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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Allison Faix
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:07 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Cc: Jennifer Hughes
Subject: [ILL-L] Question for Libraries that Participate in
State-wideborrowing / lending programs

Does your library participate in a statewide borrowing program like
OhioLink, MelCat, or Pascal?  We are interested to learn more about how
this service is incorporated into your library's organizational chart.
Is this service located in the ILL, Circ, Access Services, or some other
department in your library?  

 

We are new to statewide borrowing and interested in learning more about
how other libraries have structured these types of programs.

 

Thanks!

 

Allison

-- 
Allison Faix
Reference / Interlibrary Loan Librarian
Kimbel Library
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC 29528-6054
Phone (843)349-2511
Fax (843)349-2412
www.coastal.edu/library/

 

 


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