I agree with Neil - our incoming requests have dropped drastically,
which is bad news for us as we are funded directly by the Department for
International Development, and they are likely to stop funding us next
year if our usage figures do not improve
So for any development-related requests try http://www.ids.ac.uk/blds -
PLEASE!
I aways try to supply loans on the day I receive the request
Janet Cooper
Document delivery/Interlibrary loans
British Library for Development Studies (BLDS)
Institute of Development Studies
Brighton
BN1 9RE
UK
(Charitable company no.877338)
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phone: 01273 877176
fax: 01273 873493
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil M. Dalley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 31 January 2002 12:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Patience
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,
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Neil Dalley
Document Delivery Co-ordinator
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Inter-Library Loans Tel. (0118) 931 8786
Reading University Library
PO Box 223
Whiteknights
READING
RG6 6AE
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