Neil, I think that you have hit the nail on the head! That is our
thinking too - indeed the majority of requests come with a note saying
"found on COPAC", only a few say "the BLDSC gave you as a location".
Penny
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:55:46 +0000 "Neil M. Dalley"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As I see it the main reason some libraries are being deluged with requests
> is because if the increasing reliance by all ILL staff on COPAC. Since
> the BL started charging for location searches our requests from other
> libraries have dropped to almost nothing (people used to get given our
> holdings for non-current books from the card catalogues at Boston Spa.)
> Is this also the experience of other non-CURL universities?
>
> We rather miss the income from these loans and relish the idea of
> what it must be like to be a net lender rather than a net borrower and
> therefore cover the cost of our own ILL requests.
>
> Perhaps all interlending staff should be encouraging the establishment of
> the National Union Catalogue or, indeed, the expansion of the membership
> of CURL. In this way the work load (and the money!) could be spread round
> a little more evenly.
>
> Regards,
> ____________________________________________________________
> Neil Dalley
> Document Delivery Co-ordinator
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Inter-Library Loans Tel. (0118) 931 8786
> Reading University Library
> PO Box 223
> Whiteknights
> READING
> RG6 6AE
> ____________________________________________________________
-------------------
Penny Roberts
Document Supply Department
Radcliffe Science Library
Oxford University
[log in to unmask]
requests: [log in to unmask]
|