[ILL-L] creating an automated ILL system with NO money...

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You sure could use it for non-returnables only, but my guess is that you'll want to use it for both, Ed.

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Is there a way to join with the status of "non-returnables" only? I think I've seen some non-USA libraries request or offer to send articles only - not books.
 
Sheryl
Sheryl Stahl 
Senior Associate Librarian 
Frances Henry Library 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 
3077 University Ave. 
Los Angeles, CA 90007 
sstahl at huc.edu 
www.huc.edu/libraries 


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My guess is that if you join LVIS you'll have to pay some for postage. We use Clio, which for small operations is only $300 or $350 per year, but I know some libraries just use WRS,

 

Edward Helmrich 
Interlibrary Loan Office 
Ryan Library 
Iona College VXI 
914-633-2352 
docdelivery at iona.edu 

 

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Julia Graham-Whitt
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:13 PM
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Subject: [ILL-L] creating an automated ILL system with NO money...

 

Greetings ILLers.  

I have temporarily been plunged back into the world of libraries, and one of my new tasks at the library here is to get ILL up and running again.  We are a very small junior college library, which is heavily underfunded, understaffed and undervalued (IMO).  As a result, we have absolutely NO money in the budget to do anything "extra" such as pay for shipping other than a few items now and then.  We are not even a supplier on OCLC (something I plan to change very soon), due to the fact that we have, yes, no money.

 

Surely we are not the ONLY ILL out there that doesn't have the funds to purchase either ILLiad or Clio.  How have others managed to run their ILL without killing lots of trees to track materials?  I would also be interested in joining LVIS, but again, cannot do so until I can do a rough estimate of how much shipping would cost, and then probably apply to the local Foundation for funds to pay for shipping.

 

Please feel free to reply only to me, as I'm hoping there aren't a TON of libraries out there in this situation.  I'm feeling rather unhopeful about the whole state of things, but perhaps there is something out there that I haven't yet thought of.

 

Thanks for your help, 

 

Julia (farmer full time, part-time library staff for a bit)

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