[ILL-L] Borrowing vs Lending

[Melissa Jackson]

No, more lending is good!  You get a credit from OCLC every time you lend something, and you can use those credits to pay your OCLC bills.  (I think that's how we spend them.)  So being a net lender is a goal to strive for.

Having lower borrowing numbers isn't necessarily bad.  Ours have gone down since we subscribed to Science Direct and the Oxford Univ. Press Journals packages.  Now more of our students can get what they need right away, instead of having to wait for ILL.  Our admins perked up when we explained it to them this way.  :)

Hope this helps!


Melissa Jackson
ILL Librarian

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From: 	<FFenske at cob.org>
To:	<ill-l at webjunction.org>
Date: 	6/4/2009 1:54 PM
Subject: 	[ILL-L] Borrowing vs Lending


Our library, as probably all libraries, is in a budget crunch, and has to
cut a substantial amt of money from the budget.
The powers that be are looking at my ILL lending stats that have grown over
the last four years.
The borrowing stats stay about the same due to the fact that we pass on the
postage, lending and photocopy fees to the patron.
One comment made to me was that ILL lending and borrowing  stats need to be
the same, not one larger than the other.

Have any of you heard the same comment?
If your lending or borrowing is more than the other, have you had to make
cuts? If yes, where and what was cut?
I'm trying to save as much of my ILL lending and possibly half of my job.
Any ideas are welcome.

Please reply off list,

Fay Fenske
Interlibrary Loans
Bellingham Public Library
210 Central Ave
CS-9710
Bellingham WA  98227-9710
360-778-7207
360-778-7294 FAX



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