Hi-
Northeastern University has always been committed to media resource sharing,
and we too moved our collection into open stacks (out of my domain
altogether). Here is our reserve person's feedback about her typical ILL
woes using our ILL services.As she says, media problems are not necessarily
worse than print ones.
"I do get frustrated when items I need for reserves are out through NExpress
or ILLiad. ILLiad items in particular are usually difficult to recall and
often don¹t come back on time. On more than one occasion I¹ve had to
purchase a replacement copy of an item that eventually came back because I
couldn¹t afford to wait for it any longer. I wouldn¹t say this problem is
any worse with media than for print items though."
Stephanie
On 3/5/10 2:27 PM, "Ciara Healy" <hea...@uwosh.edu> wrote:
> Concerns for me are:
>
> 1. Material not being there when the faculty/students need it (and the
> expectation by same that it will be there).
>
> - Use the booking module in your ILS. Works with ILL to show an item is
> unavailable for lending if the item is booked. Also trains up the
> professors to request films in advance (at the beginning of the semester
> when they have it on their syllabus - woah!) rather than waiting until
> the last minute.
>
> 2. Transit and/or user damage.
>
> - Same as with any other ILL material. The library that asked for the
> loan pays. Why is a media item different from a book in this case?
> Perhaps more expensive media will not be eligible for ILL. Or if an item
> is very heavily used, buy another copy and only loan 1.
>
> 3. Lost/missing/long overdue items.
>
> - Same as above. ILL already has procedure in place.
>
> 4. Re items 2 & 3, impact on hard to find/impossible to replace items.
>
> - Some don't loan these for this reason. Like a rare book or something
> from the archives may not loan.
>
> 5. A growing trend for placing media on Reserve. We currently process
> about 800 titles per year, thus ramping up #8.
>
> Often reserve items sit all semester. If it can sit for the time period
> needed (the week before and after it is shown in class, for example) it
> would be more available for loan.
>
> Competing uses ILL and reciprocal borrowing vs. need for the
> collection to be available to classes.
> - How is it different for media than for books in this same situation?
>
> http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/vrt/professionalresources/vrtresources/interl
> ibraryloan.cfm
>
>
> Ciara Healy
> Outreach Librarian
> Polk Library
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
> (920) 424-7329
> Twitter: polklibrary
> Facebook: Polk Library, UW Oshkosh
>
>
>
> Jo Ann Reynolds wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> UConn is mulling over opening up the media collection to a wider
>> interlibrary loan audience.
>>
>> ILL staff states: ³ Currently, the HBL only lends DVD and VHS media to
>> CTW consortium members, Regional Campus Libraries, and BLC [Boston
>> Library Consortium] libraries. Since ILL transactions are based upon
>> reciprocity, this restriction is effecting our ability to borrow media
>> from other libraries for our users. Opening the HBL media collection
>> to unrestricting lending (at the discretion of the Interlibrary
>> Lending Librarian) will enable us to better serve our users.²
>>
>> We no longer have a media library and our media collection is open
>> stacks and accessible to patrons. The regular loan period is seven
>> days to all patrons. Reserve loans are 3 hour, longer for faculty who
>> placed item on reserve.
>>
>> I am responsible for all types of reserve material for classes
>> books, purls, scans, personal copies, media, and streaming media at
>> the main campus. We serve apx. 31,000 enrollees in 900 courses at all
>> campuses.
>>
>> I¹m pretty sure this is going to happen and I am curious as to how
>> other libraries handle this issue.
>>
>> Concerns for me are:
>>
>> 1. Material not being there when the faculty/students need it (and the
>> expectation by same that it will be there).
>>
>> 2. Transit and/or user damage.
>>
>> 3. Lost/missing/long overdue items.
>>
>> 4. Re items 2 & 3, impact on hard to find/impossible to replace items.
>>
>> 5. A growing trend for placing media on Reserve. We currently process
>> about 800 titles per year, thus ramping up #8.
>>
>> 6. Competing uses ILL and reciprocal borrowing vs. need for the
>> collection to be available to classes.
>>
>> For those with experience in either ILL and/or course reserves:
>>
>> 1. How do you handle this issue of competing resources?
>>
>> 2. Are damaged items/no returns/long overdues problems?
>>
>> 3. If you do loan out your media collection via ILL, how¹s that working?
>>
>> 4. What other solutions can you suggest, e.g. using ILL requests as
>> purchase requests and/or placing heavily used items on permanent reserve?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your input.
>>
>> Jo Ann
>>
>> Jo Ann Reynolds
>>
>> Reserve Services Coordinator
>>
>> University of Connecticut
>>
>> Homer Babbidge Library
>>
>> Storrs, CT
>>
>> 860-486-1406
>>
>> jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu
>>
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