I agree with Neil, we check Copac and try where possible to give the
classmark in an effort to help reduce the workload of libraries we hope to
borrow from.
We too would love to see our records on Copac - they are on Unity - but
incoming requests have dropped dramatically over the past couple of
years. We would certainly welcome more business.
Thanks to all the libraries who supply to us and if we could help lighten
your load we would be delighted to do so.
Margaret Grundy
SA/U-1
At 12:55 31/01/02 +0000, you 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,
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