[ILL-L] RE: Two questions (ILL articles on reserve and Requestingrenewal)

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We renew an item twice or up to three months total unless one of our patrons has put a hold on it, or it's a special item, etc., Ed.

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Jones, Alison R.
Sent: Mon 4/21/2008 9:17 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] RE: Two questions (ILL articles on reserve and Requestingrenewal)



I'd like to know on #2 as well - I've always assumed that if the due date is the date its due back to the lending library, then one needs to request renewal enough in advance that they can still get the book back by this date (so I try to renew about a week ahead - when I give our patrons a due date - I give them a full week early because we have had items take almost 2 weeks in the mail before, but I figure a week should be enough of a "good faith effort" to get the item back on time).

 

But if its typical ILL practice for the other - then I need to do that - I normally still do renew items if they request renewal on the due date or within a couple of days - but I've always assumed that I'm being nicer to other libraries in doing that than to our own patrons (who can't renew once its overdue...) But maybe that's just what is expected?

 

What about items that are a month overdue?  Occasionally I get renewal requests for items that I've already sent out the one month overdue notice on... Do most of you go ahead and renew for a full renewal period, say no completely, or give them a weeks' renewal to get the book back during?  Just wondering now that the question has come up... 

 

Alison

 

Alison Jones

Public Services Librarian

Baptist College of Florida

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robinson, Arthur 
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:47 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: Two questions (ILL articles on reserve and Requesting renewal)

 

I know both these topics have been discussed before, but I can't remember the details.

 

(1)      I have just discovered that a professor put an ILL article I had obtained for him on reserve.  The semester's just about over, but for the future, how should I handle this?  I know we shouldn't put ILL books on reserve, but is there a problem, copyright or otherwise, with putting articles on reserve?  Should I warn faculty that ILL articles shouldn't be put on reserve?

(2)     A colleague in Circulation is taking over from me (yay!) the task of keeping track of due dates for ILL, requesting renewals, harassing deadbeats, etc.  I have a vague memory that some libraries want renewal requested two or three days before the book is due back at their library, so I had got into the habit of requesting renewal daily for all books three days  before the due date (I come in seven days a week).  My colleague usually comes in five days a week, so I suggested she might want to request renewal on Friday for books that were due back at the other library over the weekend or on Monday.  But apparently this isn't happening.  Am I misremembering and/or paranoid?  If, for example, the lending library's due date is April 21, is it safe for her to wait until the 21st to request renewal, or should she do so before then, and if so, how many days before?  

 

Thank you!

 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)

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