[ILL-L] BOOK CHAPTERS

[Robinson, Arthur]

I've always been puzzled with this.  When we lend, we prefer to send a
photocopy of the chapter for the reasons mentioned below and other
reasons, including the fact that if we lend the book, it's not available
to our patrons.

When I have an ILL request for a book chapter, I normally (unless the
lending library loans free but charges for copies) send a "Copy" request
with a Borrowing Note indicating that we'd prefer a copy of pages
xxx-xxy, but they can lend the book if that's more convenient.  Nearly
everyone lends the book.  If the chapter's 40 pages I understand, but
sometimes the chapter is about six pages.

One case that still annoys me was when we requested a photocopy of a few
pages and the other library sent the book, which got lost in the mail.
Guess who had to pay? 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)


-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joe Ellison
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:30 PM
To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] BOOK CHAPTERS

My guess--student assistants, or other people with not quite enough
time,
see a book that can circulate, and feel it's faster/easier to send out
the
book than scan the chapter.

Another possibility--depending on how the chapter citation was entered
in
the request, it may not show up in the ILLiad request screen. Again,
someone
with not quite enough time/inclination/whatever to look a bit more
closely
at the request will just send the book instead of looking for the
chapter
citation.

I agree, it seems wasteful of resources, but depending on who's handling
the
workflow, and how, it may be the faster & easier option for the lender.

Joe Ellison
Document Delivery and Digital Initiatives Assistant
Transportation Library, Northwestern Univ Library (OCLC = JCR)
1970 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208-2300
voice: 847-491-8600, fax: 847-491-8601
j-ellison at northwestern.edu
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Breedlove, W Stephen
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:20 AM
> To: ill-l at webjunction.org
> Subject: [ILL-L] BOOK CHAPTERS
> 
> 
> This issue may have been discussed on this list before.  But here
goes:
> 
> For the life of me, I cannot understand why a library that receives a
> request for a book chapter will send the book rather than scan the
chapter
> and send the article through Ariel or Odyssey or email.  This morning,
we
> received a book from which we requested a ten or so page chapter.  The
> supplying library paid UPS fees to send the book to us and we will in
turn
> have to pay UPS fees to send it back to them after we copy the
chapter.
> By sending the book rather than copying the chapter, the book could
get
> lost or damaged in transit.  Plus, supplies such as shippers and tape
are
> needlessly used.
> 
> I could understand this if a library had no staff to copy or was
> "swamped," but it seems to me even in these cases they could just say
NO
> and let the request go on to the next library who might copy the
chapter.
> 
> Currently, we are operating on a restrictive budget as far as postage
and
> UPS expenses--and supplies--are concerned.  We are using every angle
> possible to keep expenses to a minimum.  We always copy a chapter
rather
> than send the book, unless the chapter is very, very long.  Copying a
> chapter is not violating copyright as far as I know.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> W. Stephen Breedlove
> Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian
> La Salle University Library
> breedlov at lasalle.edu
> 215-951-1862
> 
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