[ILL-L] Borrowing From DLC

[Barbara Jean Jones]

Did you put the Library of Congress Call number in the request? That's 
one of the requirements too.

Barbara

czavos1 at lexmark.com wrote:

>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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Barbara Jones
Dalton State College Library
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