[ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Fri Jan 23 12:57:02 EST 2009

I agree, Heather. Keeping up with all the "in-demand" titles would be difficult. Some titles are ALWAYS popular and ALWAYS checked out for years on end, while others are insanely popular for a month and then nobody ever checks them out again. Here at QS2 we have been hit hard by the economic slow-down - the county slashed our budget and this year we got less money than we got back in 1999. In the coming months or perhaps years, we will have fewer books to lend out. However, on a positive note, we still lend for free !!

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, Heather
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:40 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Good thought-- however, a lot of public library ILL staffers don't have access to, let alone permission to, change local holdings records. And- as you noted- we would be looking at a lot of records- especially in these times of tight budgets with fewer books to fill customer and ILL requests.  We would be looking at changing this for best-sellers, books in high demand b/c of movies or TV, Oprah books, locally "Hot" books, books someone featured in a column in Wall Street Journal, etc- especially anything that is highly publicized as Twilight has been.  All in all it may be easier to say No to the requests and hope that someone develops a way to do so with fewer keystrokes.

As was noted before by another poster, it's cheaper to purchase the books than to ILL them.  Our in-state regional ILL Code states that ILL should not be used as a substitute for good Collection Development practices.  I can understand academic and special libraries not buying these books if they don't fit within the scope of curriculum demands.  I'm less understanding about public libraries that use ILL as a way to fill hold requests or as a way to avoid buying -say-  urban fiction.  And I'm puzzled when we get a request from over a thousand miles away for books I see as a collection staple- like The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Atlas Shrugged.

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<mailto:heatherc at coj.net>  904-630-7017  VM:904-630-2985

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Hanson, Jackie (NSU)
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:33 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU
I am not an expert at this and I'm not sure how many titles public libraries would be looking at but could a local holdings record with the 008 data element 20 set to "b" be helpful?
Setting it to "b" means that you do not lend the item on ILL.  My understanding is that ILL requests for that item would be deflected.
Coming from the academic side, I don't always know what the latest hot item is for the public libraries.

Just a thought.  Jackie

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, Heather
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:13 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Yes- this is why some of us think "Are you kidding?" would be a good "reason for no".   We've been hit by requests for other movie-related books like Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire. and anything from theTwilight series.  We have gazillions of holds to fill from our own customers for these books. Somehow- just giving "checked out" as the reason for no doesn't cut it.  It's very likely that these books won't be available from us from months to come.

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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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Betty Wright
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:15 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Some people may not have the money to buy the book or maybe they want to support their library.

Betty A. Wright
Administrative/ILL Coordinator
GSU College of Law Library (GLL)
404-413-9100-Phone
404-413-9144-Fax
bwright5 at gsu.edu

>>> "Palmer, Russell" <rpalmer at solinet.net> 1/22/2009 4:54 PM >>>
It's probably cheaper to buy it than to borrow it.

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of dsammis at notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Sent: Thu 1/22/2009 4:52 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Especially because it's available new in paperback for $6.04 from Amazon,
for even less used.  It costs lots more in staff time for an ILL staff
member to open, read and process the request than it would to buy the
paperback.  I have had five requests for Twilight in the last few weeks.  I
was successful a few times.  We don't tell our users they can't order
popular fiction, but with budgets being the way they are in New York and
other states, I wonder if we are too liberal.

Donna Sammis
ILL
Melville Library
Stony Brook University

  From:       "Ken Hauser" <khauser at vigo.lib.in.us>

  To:         "Interlibrary Loan Listserv" <ill-l at webjunction.org>

  Date:       01/22/2009 04:45 PM

  Subject:    RE: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

  Sent by:    ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org

I don't think anyone anywhere should be requesting any Stephenie Meyer book
for a long time.

           Ken

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Britt, Kathy
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:35 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] Don't request Twilight from EMU

Hello all-
After saying NO to several requests for Twilight each day, I've decided to
make an announcement to this list.  EMU's copy of Twilight by Stephenie
Meyer is LOST and we cannot supply it via ILL.  I do not know if we will
replace it or not, but in the mean time, please do not put EMU in your
lender strings for this book.  I realize that this is a very popular book
right now, and the waiting lists at public libraries are long.

Thank you,
Kathy

Kathy Britt
ILL Lending Coordinator
Emory University Woodruff Library (EMU)
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA  30322

kbritt at emory.edu (email)
404-727-6860 (voice)
404-727-0052 (fax)

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