Dear Debbie and all
As I understand it it is a matter of policy for each library. We will lend
volumes of journals but it depends on a number of factors such as the
condition, age and how many other libraries have a copy. When we do lend
them, we ask for them to be used in the borrowing library only. You can to
tell what a library's policy is on lending serials from the BL's Directory
of Library Codes as it is indicated there by F G or H. The online still
does this so you can tell what a library will do before you go to them.
Some libraries will not lend journals because they are not loanable at the
home library, and as they are much harder to replace if they get lost, it
is understandable that libraries are more cautious with them. They can
also be more heavily used too. But now that more is available online and
libraries are withdrawing their print holdings it may be that they are not
going to be so easily accessible as they once were.
Jean
--On 24 July 2006 15:33 +0100 "D.A.Snook" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello all
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> Can I ask why we do not have an agreement to loan whole journals. I can
> understand not loaning most recent additions but wondering why we do not
> loan older issues. For security they could be kept for Ref Use Only in
> the receiving library.
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> I would welcome your comments
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> Regards
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> Debbie
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> Deborah Snook
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> Document Delivery
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> Open University Library
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> Walton Hall
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> Milton Keynes
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> MK7 6AA
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Jean I. Bradford
Serials and Inter-Library Document Supply
University of Bristol Information Services
Arts and Social Sciences Library
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TJ
Tel: 0117 928 8008 Fax: 0117 925 5334
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