[ILL-L] Green interlibrary loan practices?

Tue Jul 8 11:45:58 EDT 2008

If I have to print or copy something prior to ILLing (whether for licensing
compliance or because of shadowing/guttering issues) I simply send the
copies rather than scanning.  Several of our contracts specify that we can
send via Ariel or Odyssey but must print the item first - I've never
understood those! 

Megan Bayonet
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
mbayonet at mbc.edu
540-887-7317

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of corinne nyquist
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:32 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Green interlibrary loan practices?

I assume that when a license says to print and send it means to have it
remain in hard copy.  Once it is scanned it can be shared electronically and
that is what I believe the owner wishes to prevent.  We print and sent hard
copy when this requirement is seen.  Corinne Nyquist, SUNY New Paltz

On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:11:58 -0400
  Kathy Britt <kbritt at emory.edu> wrote:
> We don't have very many with that restriction.  If the 
>license says that, though, then we print first and then 
>scan.  I have heard some people say that the way we 
>convert to .tif is to "print" to the MS Document Image 
>Writer, so that fulfills the requirement to print, even 
>though we don't actually print to paper.  IMHO, this is a 
>semantical argument.  I have not run this theory by our 
>legal department, so I'm playing it safe for now and 
>actually printing these articles out first.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> Harshbarger, Amy L wrote:
>> Kathy,
>>
>> How do you handle the vendors whose license agreement 
>>state you have to print the e-journal article then send 
>>it?
>>
>> Amy
>> #########
>> Amy L. Harshbarger
>> Associate Institute Librarian/Technical Services & 
>>Interlibrary Loan Librarian
>> Logan Library, CM#3
>> Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
>> 5500 Wabash Avenue
>> Terre Haute, IN   47803-3999
>> (812) 877-8462
>> (812) 877-8579 FAX
>> harshbar at rose-hulman.edu
>> http://www.rose-hulman.edu/Library/
>>  
>> "Smiling never hurts anyone"   :)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org 
>>[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kathy 
>>Britt
>> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:59 AM
>> To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
>> Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Green interlibrary loan practices?
>>
>> Chris,
>> At EMU, we have pretty much eliminated paper copying. 
>> We send over 99% 
>> of our articles electronically.  For e-journal articles, 
>>we used to 
>> print them out first and then re-scan them into Odyssey 
>>& Ariel, but I 
>> have started converting them to a .tif file and then 
>>importing them 
>> directly into Odyssey or Ariel, or just emailing the 
>>.pdf.  Also, we no 
>> longer photocopy articles to fax, as we don't use our 
>>fax machine 
>> anymore.  Similarly, for photocopies of articles from 
>>microfilm or 
>> microfiche, our library has a microform reader/printer 
>>that scans 
>> directly to a file.  We save the file to our flash 
>>drive, and then 
>> convert it to .tif and import it into Odyssey or Ariel 
>>or email.  This 
>> not only saves paper, but the file is better quality 
>>that what we were 
>> getting by printing.
>>
>> We only use recycled paper in our printers.  We recycle 
>>all cardboard 
>> boxes (that can't be reused) and paper-filled Jiffy 
>>bags.  Also, we 
>> reuse almost all of the cardboard boxes that come in for 
>>our outgoing 
>> mail, virtually eliminating the need to purchase new 
>>cardboard boxes for 
>> shipping.  The bubble wrap Jiffy bags we reuse as 
>>packing material 
>> instead of popcorn.  But, we do have a trash bin that we 
>>use to collect 
>> incoming popcorn to reuse--we never throw that stuff 
>>away.  And, we save 
>> all rubber bands that come in to reuse--I can't remember 
>>a time when we 
>> have had to purchase rubber bands!
>>
>> For years our library & university have had a very 
>>extensive recycling 
>> program, so all unused paper, cardboard, aluminum cans 
>>and plastic 
>> bottles get recycled by the university.
>>
>> I am looking forward to reading your article to see how 
>>others are 
>> incorporating green practices into ILL.
>>
>> Kathy
>> __
>> Kathy Britt
>> ILL Lending Coordinator
>> Emory University Woodruff Library
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Sweet wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello, I am working on an article that has a section on 
>>>"green"
>>> practices in interlibrary loan.  I am looking at things 
>>>like re-using
>>> packaging, cutting down on amount of paper used, 
>>>recycling, etc.
>>>
>>> Anyone have ideas that they'd be willing to share about 
>>>how you've cut
>>> down on waste and moved towards more sustainable 
>>>practices in your ILL
>>> departments?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen
>>>  to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to 
>>>have kept your
>>> soul alive."
>>> -Robert Louis Stevenson
>>>
>>> Chris Sweet
>>>
>>> Information Services Librarian
>>> Heartland Community College Library
>>> 1500 W. Raab Rd.
>>> Normal, IL 61761
>>>
>>> Phone: (309) 268-8277
>>> Fax: (309) 268-7989
>>>  
>>>  
>>>
>>>
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Corinne Nyquist, MLS, Ph.D
Sojourner Truth Library
State University of New York
New Paltz, NY 112561
845-257-3681
nyquistc at newpaltz.edu

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