[ILL-L] Reasons for No

[Browning, Stephen]

Your library does not circulate these books for ILL.  I would use non-circulating  or Other:  Not available for ILL.

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robinson, Arthur
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:42 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] Reasons for No

I have a question on "Reasons for No."  I used to be slightly irritated at the vague "Policy problem," but now I'm wishing it were still an option, since I'm using the even vaguer "Other."

The situation:  my college now has an intensive graduate program in Education, in which students need materials quickly.  (There were problems last summer because it was taking me an average of 3.7 days to get articles for students; apparently that was too slow.)   As a result, when we get ILL requests from other libraries for Education books, I have to get approval as to whether or not we can lend them.  Ordinarily, my policy is, if a student wants a book we've sent out on ILL, I order another copy from another library; but for this program, students can't wait that long.

When I'm asked not to lend these books, what kind of "No" is that?  They're not "in use/on loan"; they're not "non circulating" (our students can check them out); none of the 16 "reasons for No" seems to apply.  Is "Other" appropriate?

Arthur Robinson (GLG)

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