Helen Farquharson
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:29:07 +0100
From: Mark Kerr <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Splitting the list to separate out ILL requests? **Delete if time too valuable to read...**
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>Perhaps if someone with too much time on their hands could compare the number of people who have submitted or responded to a request (i.e. the colleagues who have sought and received generous assistance from other colleagues) against the number of those who are too busy to hit the delete button occasionally or do a proper set of filtering rules (but not to email the list about it), we'd have some evidence one way or another... (we should ignore the silent majority in both cases as they are clearly too sensible to get involved either way) and why aren't they complaining about the jobs and journal duplicates? What is it about ILLs that generate such passion? And do you also demand that Waterstones only stocks items in which they are personally interested? EBM = Evidence Based Moaning perhaps?
>
>Sorry, Friday mania seems to have caught me...
>
>ps. I vote for not splitting the list. Again. Sigh.
>
>Mark
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>>>> "Hodgson, Julian" <[log in to unmask]> 06/06/2008 11:01 >>>
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>The number of responses don't seem to warrant any change so far.
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>Julian Hodgson
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Toni Price
>Sent: 06 June 2008 10:40
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Splitting the list to separate out ILL requests? An
>analysis of the replies
>Importance: Low
>
>....perhaps we need a more scientific approach to this, if a decision is
>going to be made on who actually posts a response....? Just a
>thought....
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>Toni Price
>Information Specialist
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan LaceyBryant
>Sent: 06 June 2008 10:38
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Splitting the list to separate out ILL requests? An
>analysis of the replies
>
>and another in favour = 13.
>
>happy friday.
>
>Sue Lacey Bryant
>
>Jason Harper writes:
>
>> Please can you make that 12 in favour of splitting the list? Since
>this discussion took place, and the reminder to use the correct message
>header went out, there have been quite a few ILL requests sent to the
>list that have been incorrectly badged, and which my mail filter has not
>been able to pick up...
>>
>> With thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>> Jason Harper
>> Assistant Librarian for the Sciences and Social Sciences
>> Templeman Library
>> University of Kent
>> Canterbury
>> Kent CT2 7NU
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>> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> Telephone: 01227 827608
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Fowler
>> Sent: 05 June 2008 17:52
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Splitting the list to separate out ILL requests? An
>analysis of the replies
>>
>> Thank you for everyone who replied to me on this subject. Here are
>the results:
>>
>> Don't Split - 17 in favour
>> Split - 11 in favour
>> Don't mind - 2 replies
>> Union list suggestions - 2 replies
>> Use existing ILL list - 1 reply
>> Use 'Digest' mode - 1 reply
>>
>> Many people commented on the need to maintain a strict format in the
>message header so that those folks who don't want to see ILL requests
>can set up email filters to remove them. Diane Job's email of 4 Oct
>2007 refers.
>>
>> For the few who asked about UHMLG, this is the University Health and
>Medical Librarians Group whose pages are at http://www.uhmlg.ac.uk
>>
>>
>> Chris Fowler
>> University of Southampton library
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