[ILL-L] banning paperwork?

[joseph augustin]

I would love to cut it out, if only to lessen our printing needs; but
I have many apprehensions.
Here are a few of them:

1.
We use the Ship To addresses from the request forms as shipping labels
when we lend to out-of-state institutions.

2.
Also, the ILL request forms go with students to the shelves when they
are grabbing books
for lending.
They also use them to convey messages to me about individual requests
(complications, questions, etc.)
The ILL barcodes on the forms are invaluable time-savers.

3.
Many libraries don't have barcodes on their bookstraps (if they use
bookstraps at all).

4.
I've had enough books returned to me
(from our patrons as well as from other libraries) missing one or more element
of paperwork (sheet, strap, return label, etc.) that I would hesitate
to make a switch
that limits my potential to know what an item is without searching the
database at every step.

5.
The ILL form provides me with (for lending) patron name, Ariel
Address, email address, etc., which
I use when sending articles electronically.

-- 
Joe Augustin
Interlibrary Loan & E-serials
Earlham College (IEC)
(765) 983-1307
ill at earlham.edu


On Jan 11, 2008 9:49 AM, Thompson, Cynthia Marie <thompsoncym at umkc.edu> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> That's a great idea - we recently reduced the amount of paper we use
> drastically (we use ILLiad).  In lending, we print a pull slip which is
> a half sheet with mailing label attached for books, and a delivery cover
> sheet for articles, and for borrowing we only print bookstraps with all
> information included and use the lending library's address labels
> whenever possible.  This is wonderful, and I think it's something you
> could easily do with any ILL management system or just with WCRS - the
> only difficulty is getting over the need to keep paper files, which is
> much easier to adjust to than you might think!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Cindy Thompson
> Interlibrary Loan & Reference Librarian
> UMKC Miller Nichols Library (UMK)
> 816-235-1511
> thompsoncym at umkc.edu
> http://library.umkc.edu
>
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>
> Do you think we should ban paperwork except for book straps and return
> address labels? The paperwork seems to duplicate what's on the book
> strap. Just an idea, Ed.
>
> Edward Helmrich
> ILL Office
> Ryan Library
> Iona College VXI
> 914-633-2352
> docdelivery at iona.edu
>
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