[ILL-L] requests from England

[April Younglove]

This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I recently read a fascinating article about a Fulbright student's experiences with trying to use ILL in Ireland:

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/03/2007031401c/careers.html

Apparently, the idea that ILL should or can be free is not the same everywhere.

April Younglove
Technical Services Specialist
Linfield College, Portland Campus Library
503-413-7448
ayoungl at linfield.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Carol A. Vaeth
Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 6:47 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] requests from England
 
Hello all,
	I was wondering if anyone has experience with lending to Public Libraries in England.  A gentleman from the UK has written asking about borrowing (directly) one of our circulating theses.  After exchanging a few emails, he said that he is not associated with a university at this time, that he has heard that it can cost their library "£35 sterling (over 50 bucks) to request one American item," and "ILL request(s)for American items take up to a year to get here through the public library system." 

	I have been working very hard to remove barriers for both our patrons and those borrowing from us.  But is it going too far to lend directly to an international 'private' patron??  

	On a more important note, does anyone know why the UK has difficulty with international borrowing and is anything being done to address the issue?? 


Carol A. Vaeth 
ILL Coordinator - BAL       It doesn't get better
Langsdale Library                  or worse; 
University of Baltimore     it just gets different.
1420 Maryland Ave
Baltimore MD 21201-5706
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