I think it would be nice to get a choice if the BL only have a reference
copy available, of getting some lending locations instead. Our reader would
appreciate a home lending copy rather than a restricted one.
Could the BL send a REF LOC report first so we can choose?
Julie Pethick
Document Delivery
Open University Library
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Bradford [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 10:15 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Policy on Renewals of Inter-Library Loans
>
> Dear ILL folk
>
> At BR/U-1 we will renew books for our readers if they convince us that
> there is a reasonable need for them to have it for a longer time. We
> don't pass any charges for renewals to our readers.
>
> While we are talking about renewals, can I air something which I find a
> bit of a nuisance and wonder if I am just being super paranoid!
>
> If we get something from the LDSU it has to be read in the library only
> and the loan period is not usually as long as the 6 weeks we might have
> hoped for from BLDSC. They charge for renewals and we have to renew
> these often because of the restrictions on their use. These are all
> "Common stock" items which are held at LDSU and not BLDSC for the BL's
> own policy reasons. I do find it a bit of a rip off that we have to
> pay for renewals at LDSU when the nature of the material and their
> restrictions mean that it takes our readers longer to use it and there
> wouldn't have been any need had we been able to get the item through
> BLDSC.
>
> Jean Bradford
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 16:14:57 -0000 Sharon Nangle
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > We are currently reviewing our interlending policy, and would like to
> know
> > what other academic institutions in the UK do in terms of renewing items
> > lent by the British Library etc. Do libraries allow user to renew their
> > inter-loans and if so do they charge them any of the cost.
> >
> > Please let me know what your policies are regarding this issue.
> >
> > Thanking you all in advance
> >
> > Sharon Nangle
> > Inter-Library Loans Assistant
> > University of Abertay Dundee
> > Tel:01382 308872
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> >
>
> ----------------------
> Jean Bradford,
> Inter Library Loans, University of Bristol Library,
> Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TJ, England
> Tel: 0117 928 8008 Fax: 0117 925 5334
> "Even great Homer nods". (Horace)
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