[ILL-L] Reasons for No

[joseph augustin]

Using the Not On Shelf reason could also be useful to your library for
inventory purposes. Every now and then, you could print out a batch of
your "Not On Shelf" requests and check them against the cards whenever
your staff has time, deleting your OCLC holdings for the items you
really don't have.

~Joe
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Joe Augustin
Interlibrary Loan & E-Serials
Earlham College (IEC)
(765) 983-1307
ill at earlham.edu



2008/9/3 Winnefox Interlibrary Loan <winnefoxill at gmail.com>:
>> This is the reason I wish they hadn't combined missing & not on shelf. To
>> me missing means lost-we don't have it. Not on shelf means we looked but
>> were unable to locate the item on the shelf in the time allowed.  This is
>> how we always used the replies and how I interpreted them from others. If
>> the reply was missing I considered it unavailable at that library and
>> wouldn't retry. Not on shelf on the other hand we would retry.  Right now
>> we're using the new combined reply in both instances. Would it be more
>> helpful for others if we were to use a different reply for items we searched
>> for but didn't find?
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>> Michelle
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>> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
>> On Behalf Of Beth Willis
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:28 AM
>> To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
>> Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Reasons for No
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>> May I comment from the borrower's perspective?
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>> If we see that the reason for no is "in use/on loan" that tells us that
>> the library actually OWNS the item and if we can't get it elsewhere, perhaps
>> if we try again in 3-4 weeks we might be able to get the material.
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>> If we see the reason for no is "not on shelf/missing," we interpret that
>> to mean the item is NOT available and if the request goes unfilled we won't
>> try that library again.
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>> So, it makes a difference to the borrower how you respond. Accurate
>> reasons for no are appreciated.  :-)
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>> Beth Willis, MLS
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>> ILL Department Head
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>> bwillis at mcpl.lib.mo.us
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>> Phone: (816) 521-7231
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>> Mid-Continent Public Library (CMI)
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>> http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us
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>> Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed are personal.
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>> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jones, Alison R.
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:21 AM
>> To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
>> Subject: [ILL-L] Reasons for No
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>> Quick question for any other non-automated libraries out there… When a
>> book is not on the shelf, are you using "not on shelf/missing" or "in use/on
>> loan"? – I'm certainly not going to go look through the circulation cards
>> just to see if a book really is "missing" or if its "on loan" when the just
>> of the matter is that its not there for us to loan it either way.
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>> Alison
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>> Alison Jones
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>> Public Services Librarian
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>> Baptist College of Florida
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