Interlibrary loan purchase-on-demand: A misleading literature

Many libraries are engaging in interlibrary loan purchase-on-demand without fully acknowledging all of the costs of adding such titles to their collections. This study compares the costs of monograph interlibrary loans and the costs of monograph accession, including staffing overhead costs for both. In order to be truly cost-effective, interlibrary loan purchase-on-demand titles must have a minimum projected circulation, depending on the base price to purchase the item. A review of current patron-driven acquisitions models associated with interlibrary loan purchase-on-demand is included.     

Interlibrary Loan Interoperability Experiment: A Nontechnical View

Accessing interlibrary loan requests from various resource-sharing software systems through a single interface has long been a promise of vendors—a promise not often implemented. Our region of New York State chose VDX for its hundreds of libraries, while the State University of New York at New Paltz, the major lender, is a participant in OCLC via ILLiad. Our staff required training and updates for both systems. This article describes our successful efforts to implement interoperability and the steps and missteps encountered to achieve compatibility between VDX and ILLiad.     

Interlibrary Loan Protocol:

An interlibrary loan protocol has been developed to facilitate resource sharing in a computerized library environment. The protocol defines a standard which permits the exchange of ILL messages between bibliographic institutions that use different computers, systems and communication services. The protocol is currently being standardized by the International 0rganization for Standardization (ISO) and is being examined for implementation by institutions in North America and Europe. This is the second of two articles on the ILL protocol. It describes how the protocol works, the benefits associated with using the protocol and Canadian and international ILL protocol related activities. The first article appeared in Interlending and Information Supply, volume 1, number 1. It reviews the ILL service environment and how the National Library of Canada initiated the development of the ILL protocol in response to the need for effective intersystem communication for ILL.     

Interlibrary Loan Protocol:

An interlibrary loan protocol has been developed to facilitate resource sharing in a computerized library environment. The protocol defines a standard which permits the exchange of ILL messages between bibliographic institutions that use different computers, systems and communications services. The protocol is currently being standardized by the International Organizations for Standardizations (ISO) and is being examines for implementations by institutions in North America and Europe.     

图书馆电子书馆际互借服务研究

近年来,电子书在图书馆数字资源服务中的地位越来越重要,但电子书馆际互借却面临着发展困难。基于文献调研,将电子书馆际互借划分为长期占有型和可撤销型获取两类,并从法律和实践两个角度分析了电子书馆际互借的困难。目前,电子文献传递仍然以论文为主,涉及少量的电子书章节,电子文献的"返还式"互借缺乏有效的解决方案,这影响了图书馆共建共享能力的提升。我们要营造有利的法律环境,加强与出版商的沟通,探讨有效的技术解决方案,开展图书馆内部交流。     

馆际互借版权问题研究

在分析馆际互借版权风险的基础上，介绍了一些国际组织在该问题上的主要立场，并以国外馆际互借版权问题的解决模式为借鉴，为我国的馆际互借版权问题的解决提出了建议。     

Analysis of Print Purchase on Demand Titles Ordered via Interlibrary Loan: A Collection Development Perspective

This article examines data from five years of titles ordered as part of an academic research library's purchase on demand program (POD-ILL) for print titles originally requested through interlibrary loan. The study evaluates a variety of factors: patron departments, campus location, and status; the subject areas of the books acquired; cost; and publishers. Assessment of POD-ILL data may assist a collection management librarian to determine the value of having patrons contribute to collection development decisions. In addition, subject librarians can use the data to evaluate approval and demand-driven acquisition profiles.     

ILLiad: Customer-Focused Interlibrary Loan Automation

ABSTRACT

ILLiad is an interlibrary loan borrowing system designed and implemented in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. ILLiad models the ILL borrowing process so as to track the status of an ILL request as it is processed, either by the staff or by software. This process approach to automating interlibrary loan is leading to fundamental improvements in ILL management and service. The process approach allows continued expansion and modification of the system, including the addition of electronic delivery of articles. The process approach results in substantial improvements in customer service by allowing customers to intervene directly in the borrowing process without staff assistance.     

Interlibrary Loan Assessment: Assessing Services in a Small Private College Library's Interlibrary Loan Department

Assessment is a required component of strategic planning and decision making in any library. Interlibrary loan surveys can provide data regarding user satisfaction levels for accuracy, thoroughness, convenience, and turnaround time. As interlibrary loan librarians at D'Youville College, we believed that our patrons were satisfied and impressed with the library's recent service improvement initiatives. However, we did not have any concrete data that would help drive future strategic decisions. We were short on staff time and resources and wondered how a small library staff could create an assessment tool and then analyze the results.     

A Case for Integration of Interlibrary Loan and Reference

The ongoing debate of whether the Interlibrary Loan Department (ILL) should be autonomous or a function of other departments is revisited in this article. Though much of the literature on this topic advocates ILL merging with the Reference Department, early surveys show mixed findings. The authors reveal results of a recent survey from 324 participants that includes library personnel from public, academic, and special libraries throughout the United States. The outcome of the survey supports the literature that ILL personnel strongly believe that their work is more closely related to reference than that pertaining to circulation or technical services.     

Interlibrary Loaning Special Collections: A Test Run for the University of California

ABSTRACT

In June of 2001, the University of California Libraries initiated a pilot project that enabled library patrons to direct request items held in the University of California Special Collection Units. The pilot ended the need for patrons to initiate most requests for unique items in person through the Special Collections department and allowed patrons to self-determine the need for a unique item when searching the shared UC-wide catalog, Melvyl®. The following article discusses the process used to handle the requests, includes perspectives from the two units overseeing the requests, evaluates the overall success of the pilot and offers considerations for implementing a similar service elsewhere.     

关于馆际互借服务可持续发展的分析与建议

本文以馆际互借为研究对象,试图研究馆际互借服务如何在科技发达的环境下顺应时代发展,通过规范管理和信息技术的应用,从安全、便捷、效率等方面满足用户需求,并提出了提高馆际互借服务可持续发展的建设与措施。     

Appendix C: National Interlibrary Loan Code

Abstract

Although widely adopted at university and college libraries in the United States, Electronic Reserve services in Canada have developed at a much slower pace. Based on the results of an extended pilot project for Electronic Reserves at a medium-sized university library in Canada, the author concludes that the most significant barrier to this development is the restrictive nature of copyright law in Canada. Results of an informal survey of university libraries in Canada seem to confirm this assumption. A brief overview of copyright law in Canada as it pertains to Electronic Reserves is discussed, as is the process of copyright reform recently undertaken by the Canadian government. Finally, an argument in favor of a broadened interpretation of ‘fair dealing’ (the Canadian version of ‘fair use’) is made as it may pertain to the development of Electronic Reserves services in Canadian academic libraries.     

国外馆际互借专题学位论文定量分析

论文利用国外博、硕士论文数据库PQDD对馆际互借专题进行检索,将获取的论文分别按年份、学位类型、授予学位的机构、主题等方面进行了定量分析,总结了国外学位论文中关于馆际互借专题研究的历史、现状和发展趋势,归纳了馆际互借工作研究的特点、存在的问题,并提出了进一步做好馆际互借工作的设想和建议.     

国内“馆际互借”研究文献分析

通过对国内"馆际互借"研究文献的统计与分析,以发现我国"馆际互借"研究文献的现状以及存在的不足,并提出"馆际互借"研究未来的发展。     

科技查新中的馆际合作模式研究

基于拓展高校科技查新的行业服务范围和能力的需要,查新站应该有意识地、多渠道地开展馆际合作。通过对科技查新工作的基本现状和现阶段馆际合作的项目的分析,现阶段查新站可从查新人员学习的合作、查新报告的外审合作、资源合作和培训合作4个方面开展科技查新领域的馆际合作。     

Durability of Interlibrary Loan Envelopes

Abstract

InfoQuest is a fee-based document delivery and research service provided by Auburn University Libraries to patrons who may or may not be affiliated with a library. InfoQuest operates on a cost recovery basis and opens up the library's collection to the general public. This article presents an overview of InfoQuest's document supply service including statistics and offers insight into the client base.     

Chapter 7: Governing Policies for Interlibrary Loan

Abstract

The incorporation of medical library services in an academic library will bring about substantial changes, and should include the review of the impact of this transition on each individual department. The use of electronic systems to request and deliver Interlibrary Loan documents has evolved gradually in the past twenty years, and affects medical libraries in unique ways. The electronic submission, publication and access to biomedical journal articles are still changing constantly, and contribute to new challenges in interlibrary borrowing and lending. This article focuses on new developments. It includes instructions on how a library can prepare to incorporate a new dimension of service in the midst of these changes.