[ILL-L] Article Search

[Beth Willis]

We have a patron looking for the following:

Article Title: War Zone Doula: Progiding Labor Support to Women in
Afghanistan.
Journa Title: International Doula
Volume: 16
Number: 1 
Year: 2008

The journal title is not retrieved through WorldCat. A Google search
reveals this title comes with membership in DONA International
(http://www.dona.org/publications/id.php)


I'd appreciate any help available. Thanks ILL-Lers!


 
Beth Willis
ILL Department Head
bwillis at mcpl.lib.mo.us
Phone: (816) 521-7231
Mid-Continent Public Library (CMI)
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us
Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed are personal.

-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Laura Barnard
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:31 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Borrowing From DLC

The short of it:

When I get these Unfilleds, I send another request, adjusting the need
by date out at least 40 days.

If the request cycles through  a second time without a meaningful
response, I check their catalog, and if it appears the material is on
the shelf, I call or email the lending contact listed in their policy
file.  They have always responded and most of the time we have gotten
either the item or a clear reason for no within a week  of the contact.


The long of it:

Requests to the Library of Congress can exceed the WRS default
need-by-date, particularly if there are non-referral days in the 20
working days of one complete lending string.  However, if the problem is
the need by date, the request will expire and appear in your Expired
File.

L of C has a conditional response to requests they receive that have
expiration dates shorter than 20 working days (not exactly the same
situation as above).  You'll know that one when you see it.

It is not uncommon for a request to cycle through the entire 20 working
days of the lender string with no response from the L of C, and it is
more common for requests that involve the Serials Division (newspapers
on microfilm).  These requests come back with 4 Unspecifieds and 1 Aged
to unfilled.  I have believed (as opposed to know for a fact) that the
Unspecifieds are a result of their in-house management system's
interaction with WRS.  My reason for thinking this is that most of these
requests are for dates of microfilm that we do subsequently get, either
with paper work for the unfilled request or with that of a subsequent
request.

These unanswered requests seem to have grown in number in the last few
months.  In the many years I have worked in ILL, I have noted the L of C
go through periods of dysfunction and come out on the other side,
usually with some discernable improvement.  I am hoping (as opposed to
knowing for a fact) that they will come through their current crisis as
well.


Laura Barnard
Interlibrary Loans
Seattle Public Library (UOK)
206-386-4601
ill at spl.org

>>> <czavos1 at lexmark.com> 1/11/2008 10:56 AM >>>
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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