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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:35:14 -0500
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- From: "Frances M. Parker" <fmparker@COLBY.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Interlibrary loans
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- >We expect to begin using the Innopac circulation system in June and are
- >beginning the profiling process. I would like to hear from libraries which
- >are satisfied with the procedures they have developed for tracking
- >interlibrary loan materials on the system. We have a fairly high volume of
- >outgoing ILL transactions and under our present circulation system we find it
- >cumbersome to record exactly where interlibrary loan materials were sent. I
- >realize some excellent procedures may not be 100% automated so please be
- >candid if some successful aspects of your interlibrary loan operation are not
- >automated.
- >
- >Thank you.
- >
- >Pam Ploeger
- >Circulation Services Librarian
- >Dartmouth College
- >Hanover, New Hampshire
- >pamela.ploeger@dartmouth.edu
-
-
- Dear Pam,
- At Colby we use two different approaches for borrowing/loaning
- books. A. One is the traditional ILL using OCLC. We have a loan rule
- profiled for this with a 28 day checkout and a long time (three weeks I
- think) before the first overdue notice to allow time for returns. We check
- out the books we loan on two patron cards, one for Maine libraries and one
- for out of state libraries. When we first set up the system we had
- everything checked out on one ILL patron and exceeded the record size when
- things started to become overdue. The system produces overdue notices
- which the Circ Dept. give to ILL. ILL then uses OCLC to remind the
- borrowing institution it is overdue. We don't run the books we borrow
- through the III circ system at all. This has been discussed several times
- but doesn't seem to be worth it for the things we get using the OCLC ILL
- system. I would be interested in hearing what others are doing.
-
- B. Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, and UMaine all have III catalogs and are
- networked so our patrons can easily search each other's databases. Colby,
- Bates and Bowdoin are set up so that the circ staff can use the III
- requestor function to request books from each other. We go in every day and
- print out the request, find the books, check them out to the appropriate
- library, and use a local delivery service to get them there in 24 - 48
- hours. We have our patrons turn in a printout from the online catalogs to
- the Circulation Desk with their name and box on it. We use the III
- requestor function, and when the item arrives in the Delivery box we match
- it to the original slip, make a suppressed temp record and check it out to
- our patron. We send them their original requst slip with a note to pick it
- up at the Circulation Desk. When the book is returned, we check it in and
- delete the record before returning it.
- This procedure works pretty well, but only because we took the time
- to work out a mutual agreement on loan periods, renewals, etc.,and made a
- commitment to use each other as much as possible. It has taken some
- pressure off of the ILL staff.
-
- There are so many things happening with ILL / document delivery now
- that we are trying to be careful not to make them responsible for too many
- different types of routines. We don't want to slow things down.
-
- If you get any interesting responses, I would like to see them.
-
- Frances Parker
- fmparker@colby.edu
-