[ILL-L] Reasons for No

[Campbell, Heather]

Would you consider these books to be on reserve for your Education
classes? I know this reason for no was retired in favor of: In use/on
loan. (According to the documentation anyway) 

That sounds like what you're looking for.

 

Are you willing to make copies from these books and would these books be
available for copies? If so, non-circulating would be the option since
there would be a sizable group of people out there who would think that
maybe they could get a copy of the information they needed. If the books
aren't readily available for copies, though, you may want to stick with:
In use/on loan.  I think In use/on loan would be valid in this case
since you are talking about a heavily used group of books.

 

 

 

 

Heather Campbell, Senior Librarian

Manager- Interlibrary Loan 

Jacksonville Public Library (JPL)

303 North Laura Street

Jacksonville, FL 32202-3505 heatherc at coj.net  (904) 630-2986

 

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Browning, Stephen
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:49 PM
To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Reasons for No

 

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

 

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[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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