[ILL-L] ILL-L Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15

[Ledja Cullen]

Also, 
 
Many schools are making their dissertations available through institutional repositories. 
 
Ledja Cullen, MLIS
Reference & Evening Services Librarian
Interlibrary Loans & Course Reserves
Golden Gate University - Law Library
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: (415) 442-6689
Fax: (415) 512-9395
Email: lcullen at ggu.edu 
http://www.ggu.edu/lawlibrary 


>>> "Sue Gagnon" <SGagnon at Anselm.Edu> 12/15/2009 11:18 AM >>>

Arthur,
I have received many PDFs of dissertations we requested using the hard copy OCLC record.  Many institutions have them available in PDF.

Sue
 
Susan E. Gagnon
Interlibrary Loan Specialist
Geisel Library - ILL
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH  03102
sgagnon at anselm.edu 
Tel:  603-641-7303
Fax:  603-641-7345

From:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robinson, Arthur 
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:06 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] ILL-L Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15

 

By the way, last Saturday I got an ILL request from a faculty member who wanted a 1996 dissertation, and requested me to send him an electronic copy--PDF or Word.

 

I replied that either we could try to get a hard copy on ILL, or he could purchase a PDF for $32 through Dissertation Abstracts, so he decided a hard copy would be acceptable, since he didn't want to pay anything (though he has no problem with our paying).

 

I've been wondering--did he think that nowadays other libraries supplied dissertations electronically on ILL, or did he think we would get the dissertation and then scan it and send it to him?  (I wouldn't be surprised if it were the latter.  We had one patron who ordered a 320-page book on microfilm--and knew it would be on microfilm--then wanted me to print out the entire book for her within 24 hours.  That was a public domain book from 1692, but still...)

 

 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)
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