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If it's not too late to add my tuppence-worth: I am in the fortunate position of net gain in ILLs from the list - I have only supplied one, was too slow to supply one or two more (can't believe how fast some of these requests are filled) and had help getting hold of some phenomenally old and obscure foreign language articles*. I don't mind properly identified List ILL requests as they take moments to sift out: as others have noted, it's identifying them that can be an issue. As for other items of interest, I'm sure they will come around in due course and lively debate will ensue. *By the way, if anyone wants the summary of useful sources for French or German articles that I compiled after my request last year, just ask. I've sent it to a couple of other librarians looking for articles, so all those suggestions have come in useful for more than one person. Thanks to everyone who suggested institutions to contact. regards, Gill McGlashan Assistant Librarian Library, Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot SL5 8AA Tel. 01344 877574 (Ext. 7574) -----Original Message----- From: Fowler C.A. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 April 2008 16:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Splitting the list to separate out ILL requests? It may be the time to split the list up to distinguish between ILL messages and all of the other messages. I have been taking soundings from other colleagues both in and out of UHMLG. Lis-medical is the open list for UHMLG although this fact might be new to some listers. My observation is from the p.o.v. of being the list owner for the UHMLG lists and also being an ordinary member of this list too. My suggestion would be to set up a list called lis-medical-ill (or should that be lis-medic-ill!) for the ILL posters. In this way, lis-medical wouldn't be so off-putting for those people who don't want to see ILL postings. In between the ILL requests (which are incredibly important, so I'm not knocking them at all) there are nuggets of gold which sometimes get lost. Lis-medical is quiet these days because of the other ways in which people communicate and also because most of the hectic activity seems to be on any list talking about Search 2.0! However, it still has a bright future, as long as we don't clog it up. What do people think? Chris Fowler Head of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences Library Services Head of Electronic Library Services University of Southampton Hartley Library, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 02380 593453 (voicemail) Mobile: 07919 013274 HWPH Notice: ------------------------------ Recipients should be aware that all emails sent and received by this Trust are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and therefore may be disclosed to a third party, subject to the requirements of the DPA and confidentiality of patient information. Please inform us if this message has gone astray - before deleting it - by emailing mailto:[log in to unmask] with RETURN as the subject-line. For further information about Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust visit http://www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk. ------------------------------