[ILL-L] ILL-L ILL Code question

[Campbell, Heather]

 Piggybacking off Denise's post:
There's pretty much a "Free candy day at the candy shop" mentality when
it comes to WorldCat.  Customers aren't going to pay attention to
publishing dates; they will request items - a Harry Potter type book
which has a much publicized future publishing date, for example- just
because it's listed in WorldCat.  And Denise is right, they want what
they want.  They don't care about codes, policies, or copyright
restrictions.  I saw a borrowing request for a family history yesterday;
the customer appended a note: " If they won't lend the book,  have them
photocopy it.  It's only 128 pages."


Heather Campbell
Special Services ~ Interlibrary Loan and Books By Mail
Jacksonville Public Library (OCLC:JPL)                    303 North
Laura Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
heatherc at coj.net  904-630-7017  VM:904-630-2985


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our department has certainly received lending requests for all of the
above categories, and some of our patrons, have, on occasion asked for
items from all these categories. So I guess it's pretty much a matter of
if they see it in Worldcat, they'll request it, and expect us to get it,
and they don't care about any archaic codes. 
(However, you do have to use some common sense in placing requests.

1. As Cyril Oberlander frequently points out, if it is cheaper and
easier to buy something--especially very popular titles like Stephanie
Meyers' books or urban fiction--do it, instead of driving yourself nuts
with multiple lender strings in a futiel attempt to get hold of
something that won't become available for months--or maybe years. <snip>