[ILL-L] BOOK CHAPTERS

Wed Oct 28 14:25:14 EDT 2009

If the borrowing library sends the ILL request as a copies request
(i.e. it has an article author, article title, pages numbers, etc) but
the lender sends the entire book as a loan, do you feel the borrowing
library should be responsible for replacement costs in the event the
book was lost in the mail even though they never asked for a loan?

If an article is extremely long, if a satisfactory scan is impossible
because of text in the gutter, or if a color scan is too huge or not
faithful to the original, I'd be inclined to conditional the borrower
and get permission to turn the request into a loan before sending.
That way the borrower can decide if they want to take responsibility
for a loan or choose to ask another lender who might be more willing
or able to make a copies scan.

-Brian/OSU

At 12:39 PM 10/28/2009, you wrote:
>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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Brian D. Miller
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Ohio State University Interlibrary Services (OSU)
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