[ILL-L] RE: for LVIS libraries only

[Robyn Clark-Bridges]

We have a gmail ILL account (mountmercyill at gmail.com) AND a staff ILL
account (rclark at mtmercy.edu) ...the gmail account was necessary when our
copymachine couldn't scan & send pdf articles to my hyphenated last name
staff ILL account (which since has been corrected).

Drawbacks to gmail, that we could see, for the month (mid-July to mid- Aug.)
we used it exclusively to send ILL articles:
      *will the receiving library recognize the article attachment as
legitimate OR filter it into spam & thus not get thru to the intended
recepient?
       *will our own campus staff/faculty/students recognize the article
attachment as legitimate OR filter it into spam & once again not get thru to
the intended recepient?
        *how professional does ILL gmail look vs. campus ILL email?
        *is transparency/confidentiality a concern since gmail is a
transportation vehicle completely outside both the lender & borrower's
library servers?

Advantages to gmail:
      *for some reason, my work email was not able to subscribe to this ILL
list-serve; however, our gmail ILL account got through right away & is
subscribing...there may be ILL requests which are similarly not getting
through
      *incredible storage/archival space...our campus memory is limited & I
had to keep juggling where I put rec'd/sent articles in case they weren't
delivered the first time...also, I can send HUGE attachments via gmail,
while our campus server restricts the file size sent & received

We are in the process of gradually eliminating our paper ILL usage...our
ariel machine is old & it's too expensive to update, so we recently turned
primarily to using our copy machine to scan articles from journals & then
send to my work email address to forward on to the requesting library.  This
reduces our carbon footprint & helps since we have no printing
budget.  Copymachine scans & conversions into pdfs are a faster, more
efficient, less expensive way to send articles vs. ariel or faxing...also,
the article clarity is good.

Best wishes,

Peace,
Robyn (Clark-Bridges)
ILL Assc. & PM Supervisor
Library, Mount Mercy College (UIW)
Cedar Rapids, IA
work phone:  319-368-6465
fax number:  319-363-9060
work email:  rclark at mtmercy.edu

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Painter, Barbara
<barbara.painter at ttu.edu>wrote:

>  You might consider setting up a Gmail email account.  They have large
> storage space and you can send and receive large articles.  There is no
> charge for a Gmail account and you can add the email address to your
> information profile on OCLC.
>
> Barbara
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> Barbara Moreno
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> Access Services Librarian
>
> Texas Tech University-Law Library
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> *From:* ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Julia Graham-Whitt
> *Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2009 8:20 PM
> *To:* ill-l at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* [ILL-L] for LVIS libraries only
>
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>
> I’m trying to cobble together a way to do ILL without incurring any extra
> costs (which, believe it or not, includes postage).  I think I’ve worked out
> the loan issue, since we are part of a larger consortium that uses a van to
> do delivery, but I’m stumped as to how to obtain articles (even though of
> course, there’s usually no shipping if you send electronically).  One thing
> I was considering is having us join LVIS, but ONLY doing articles (I would
> set up a deflection).  But I’m not sure if other LVIS libraries would be
> okay with that.  So I’m checking.  PLEASE do feel free to reply to me only,
> since this doesn’t involve all the other libraries out there.
>
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> We do not have Ariel, nor do we have any ILL automated software, so we’d
> have to send articles electronically, as well as receive them that way.
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> Does this seem do-able?
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> Thanks…
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>
> julia
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