At University of Sheffield - we charge the same price for Irish
requests as we do for UK library requests. We have no plans to
change this at present.
Regards
Elaine
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I wonder whether I could ask for some opinions from the list on
> charging for ILL requests from the Republic of Ireland. When the BL
> raised its prices this August, it was made clear to me that the new
> discounted prices (£6.65 for monographs, £3.99 for photocopies) were
> only for British libraries in the public, academic and health fields.
> All private and commercial libraries AND libraries from the Republic
> of Ireland would be charged the full price (£10 for monographs, £7 for
> photocopies). Now, the general policy on charging for ILL requests
> from other libraries is to follow the pricing of the BL, except for
> those of us who are members of the CONARLS IRU scheme (who charge £5
> per request). We don't get many ILL requests from the Republic nor do
> we send many requests there, but my instinctive response is to charge
> the same as I would do for another British library who doesn't belong
> to the CONARLS IRU scheme (i.e. £6.65), in the hope that they would
> charge the same amount for any ILL requests I make to them. What do
> other people do? Also, perhaps one of my Irish counterparts on this
> list could share their thoughts on the subject? As you might guess I
> have just received an ILL request from an Irish library and, while
> perfectly willing to supply the book, I am wondering whether to follow
> my instinct or not...
>
>
> Eleri Jones
> TalNet,
> Caernarfon Library,
> Pavilion Road,
> Caernarfon
> LL55 1AS
> Tel: 01286 679843
> Fax: 01286 671137
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
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Elaine Dean
Manager
Document Supply Service and Distance Learning Unit
Main Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Tel 0114 222 7245
Fax 0114 222 7290
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/
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