[ILL-L] Borrowing From DLC

[czavos1 at lexmark.com]

Is there some kind of secret handshake I need to learn before I can get an 
item from the Library of Congress (DLC)?

I've recently requested a proceeding that only DLC has for one of our 
employees. I followed the rules outlined in their Loan Policies:
"USE ONLY ON LIBRARY PREMISES, PLEASE. Must enter "DLC" 5 times in OCLC 
ILL lender field, else request returned conditional -- IFM fee only for 
libraries outside of U.S.A., $24 -- FOR LATEST NEWS ON ILL POLICY, see ILL 
web site: http://www.loc.gov/rr/loan"
However, the request came back with a Reason / Response of Unspecified (my 
favorite one!).

Now, the lending policy also states that DLC does not lend "Visual 
Material , Sound Recording , Computer File , E-Serial , E-Text , Kit , 
Dissertation , Patent , Photograph , Serial - Bound , Serial - Unbound , 
Thesis." But this proceeding is catalogued as a book, more specifically as 
"Conference publication (cnp)," which is not one of the formats DLC says 
they do not lend.

Am I missing something here?
Please advise!

Christina Zavos
Lexmark Library - KL0
Lexington, Kentucky
859.232.6047
czavos1 at lexmark.com
 
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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