[ILL-L] Monday Morning conundrum

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My impression is that if the library says no to a request, it does go to the next different lender, but if they just let it age, it goes to them again - is that right? Ed.

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Avery Hicks
Sent: Mon 2/18/2008 10:40 AM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Monday Morning conundrum



Happy Presidents Day!

OK, I came across something this morning that I haven't before, and I
don't understand it. It's probably something obvious & I'm just really
unobservant.

I have always assumed that an enter-my-symbol twice library only has
to respond to a request once, right? So, if VAK as an EMST library
says "no" to a request, the request goes to the next library in the
string. It doesn't go back to VAK again because we are listed twice,
does it?!

We requested something from a library whose symbol we entered 5 times.
After 30 days, the request came up "expired." I noticed the library had
responded "unspecified" at 6 day intervals until the request expired 
after 30 days. The request never reached the 5th repetition of the 
symbol.

I don't understand why the request didn't just come back "unfilled"
after the library responded the first time in the string.

Am I a complete doofus and this is a normal state of affairs? If so I 
swear I never noticed before....! It seems awfully inefficient!

Thanks!

Avery Hicks
Reference Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library
7770 Croaker Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188-7064
(757)259-7720         www.wrl.org
(757)259-7798(fax)    ahicks at wrl.org
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