[ILL-L] Borrowing multiple copies for a class

[Julia Graham]

At 10:17 AM 1/16/2008, you wrote:
>I would like to hear people's perception of borrowing multiple 
>copies of a fiction title for an academic course.
>Do some people practice this?

We very specifically do not allow required texts for classes to be 
ordered on ILL, ever since we had a few patrons who realized that our 
max overdue cost of $25 was cheaper than the price of the book 
itself.  They kept them for the entire semester (16 weeks).
Made us REAL popular with the lending libraries.

I would be hesitant to do this, not only because you would be hitting 
so many libraries to get the multiple copies, but you also cannot 
guarantee how long the patrons could keep the book.

On the flip side, we get about 3-5 requests a DAY from other 
libraries for a new textbook ("Investments") that is in our reference 
section.  It's obvious it's a required text for a class, because many 
of the requests are coming from the same few libraries over and over 
and over again.

I know others feel strongly about this on the opposite side, but a 
part of attending college is that you are expected to buy books for 
class.  There are so many online options these days, students can get 
books for cheaper than their campus bookstore.  My students were 
telling me about how they can get their required books (including 
fiction) for so much cheaper now online.


>What about copyright concerns?

I'm not sure it would apply in the case of a fiction title, since 
you're not actually copying the item.

Just my $.02
Julia
>Thanks,
>Trish
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>Trisha Cantwell Keene
>Associate Director
>Thorndike Library
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