[ILL-L] Monthly cap on ILL borrowing

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We had a limit of 12 or returnables held by a patron at any one time, but they didn't exceed it by more than three or four, so we dropped the limit. Some libraries want to encourage borrowing and will borrow as many as a patron wants, it depends on policy, I guess.
 
Ed Helmrich
Iona College

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Mancini, Cheryl
Sent: Thu 7/16/2009 8:04 PM
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Subject: [ILL-L] Monthly cap on ILL borrowing



Has anyone implemented a monthly cap on ILL borrowing for your local patrons?  We have a daily limit of five, but when there are industrious requesters, five per day adds up fast!  I am primarily concerned with mitigating our returnables borrowing for budgetary reasons but want to make sure suggesting to limit in that manner isn't taboo.  I am just nearing the one year mark in performing interlibrary loan so I'm still feeling a bit green in some areas.  J  Any thoughts or insight are appreciated!

 

Thank you,

 

Cheryl Mancini

Electronic Resources/Interlibrary Loan/Serials

Clark College Library - LIB 112

1933 Fort Vancouver Way

Vancouver, WA  98663

360.992.2559

cmancini at clark.edu <mailto:cmancini at clark.edu> 

ill at clark.edu

 

 

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