[ILL-L] borrowing entire issues one article at a time

[Nora Allred]

Dear Colleagues,

How do you address systematic borrowing from a single journal issue?  We 
have cases where a journal publishes an issue on a specific topic that 
is of interest to a patron.  The patron then requests many if not all of 
the articles in the issue.  Our ILL policy lists "entire issues of 
journals" under "what cannot be borrowed."  But our patrons are getting 
around that by requesting single articles.  I'm concerned that this 
would be a violation of copyright.  But I'm also wondering how much 
effort I should expect my staff to expend watching for such "abuses."   
Or should I be more explicit in our policy? 

Please share your solutions and ideas.  Thanks in advance.

Nora

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Nora Allred
Head, Access Services
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
phone: 906-487-3208
email: nsallred at mtu.edu