[ILL-L] Borrowing From DLC

[Julia Graham]

At 10:56 AM 1/11/2008, you wrote:

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

Yes. :)


>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?

 From my experience requesting materials from DLC (of which I have 
had mixed success), they use "unspecified" for EVERY SINGLE REQUEST 
they cancel.  Why?  Dunno.  Could be because they get upwards of 3 
billion requests a day or something. ;-)  But my guess is the thing 
probably isn't on the shelf.  One of our faculty was at dispute with 
them a few years back, because I ordered some microfilm they 
had.  They responded that they did not own it.  But she was AT the 
DLC and had the MF in her hand the previous month.  It took a couple 
more requests and much more detailed information before they said 
that yes, they do own it and they loaned it. :)
You might try the British Library's catalog, depending on the subject 
matter.  They don't always have material catalogued in OCLC, but if 
you look at their catalogue, they often have the things.

Julia


>Please advise!
>
>Christina Zavos
>Lexmark Library - KL0
>Lexington, Kentucky
>859.232.6047
>czavos1 at lexmark.com
>
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