[ILL-L] What's with genealogy, anyway??

[Britt, Kathy]

Instead of putting what you want copied in the Borrowing Notes, why don't you put it in the article fields?  Be sure to specify that you are asking for an article (i.e. photocopy) and not a loan.  Borrowing Notes won't change the request from a loan to an article.  If you want a photocopy, it is important that you put the request information in the article fields.  If nothing is in the article fields, the lender will get the request as a loan request.

Kathy
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Kathy Britt
ILL Lending Coordinator
Emory University Woodruff Library

-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Michael Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:50 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] What's with genealogy, anyway??

Richard:
Unless I am mistaken you can not deflect genealogy books. Maybe what you are requesting in in microform and that is an auto deflect setting. We don't lend most of our genealogy books, not my decision, and I do not have microform set as an auto deflect, because of this reason. While none of micro film circulates we will always make free copies, if indeed the citation is correct. I guess you would have to call the library if you are trying for copies of micro film.

Michael Duncan
Interlibrary Loan
Waco-McLennan County Library
Waco, Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Richard Samford
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:10 AM
To: ILL Mail list
Subject: [ILL-L] What's with genealogy, anyway??


    Ok,  I'd REALLY like to have a definitive answer from "those in the
no".

    I've tried to fill a number of genealogy requests lately.  I know
these items are generally non circulating.  I'm not trying to borrow
these item, I'm asking for photocopies.  In fact, I usually add
[Requesting Photocopies] after the title, and state what I need copied
in the Borrowing Notes.

    Many, many libraries update the requests to "No-Non Circulating".
I'm asking plainly for photocopies.

    Several of these are being auto deflected. Why do libraries auto
deflect genealogy?  I'm pretty sure those who have and those who need
know how things work.  Is there another way, not listed in their
policies, that they prefer to take in requests??  If genealogy is
listed  as non-circulating in the Policies Directory, shouldn't there
also be some way of letting us know that photocopying is off of the
table as well??  Do I pick up the phone??

    This is very frustrating, and impossible to explain to my patrons.
Can someone pu-lease tell me why this is such a standard way of replying
to genealogy requests?

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Richard Samford            | samford at pittstate.edu
Interlibrary Loan          | voice:  (620)235-4890
Leonard H. Axe Library     | fax:   620/235-4090
Pittsburg State University | http://library.pittstate.edu/
Pittsburg, KS   66762-5889 | OCLC:  KFP



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