Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing with the Center for Research Libraries Kevin Wilks, Head of Access Services, Center for Research Libraries

Agenda What is the Center for Research Libraries? Accessing CRL Material Sending ILL Requests to CRL Shipping and Loan Policies Digital Delivery Program Demand Purchase Program Loading our records into your catalog Q & A

CRL: who we are

Consortium of 250 North American universities, colleges, independent research libraries Cooperative acquisition and preservation for research and teaching Scholarly resources rarely held by other research libraries Making those resources available to scholars through member institutions Approx. 5 million vols./equivalents

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4th Floor Compact Shelving

CRL’s Affiliations Partners in resource-sharing: Article Reach OhioLINK Prospector Rapid Connect NY Borrow Direct (coming soon) Others as member demand arises

Accessing CRL Materials CRL Catalog: CRL website: - FOCUS newsletter - Topic guides - Area Studies Projects OCLC Google (WorldCat)

Live Demo FOCUS Topic Guides Area Microform Project CRL Online Catalog

Sending ILL Requests CRL accepts requests via: -OCLC – ILLiad (symbol: CRL) -Fax: Postal Service -General

CRL’s Shipping and Loan Policies 24-hour response time Possible delays: - citation problem - not on shelf 90% one-day turnaround time

Shipping CRL Materials: Loans Loan period - 3 months with unlimited renewals. -May be recalled for another CRL member. UPS 2nd day delivery

Shipping CRL Materials: Copies CRL sends copies via: Ariel Odyssey pdf Fax Postal Service

Digital Delivery Program Digital delivery since 2006 Support research/teaching purposes Adding 700,000 pages each year

Digital Collections and Services at CRL Selection for digital conversion: two sources –Digital delivery (patron loan requests provided in digital format) -- 75% –Strategic digitization -- 25%

Digital delivery for scholars

Page the item(s) Review condition, format, and extent If digital delivery possible, notify member library Create digital filename; assign delivery date CRL Digital Delivery: What happens when a scholar requests loan of an item?

CRL Digital Delivery workflow Part II Scan the item(s) Create OCR (searchable text), save as PDF file Mount files on CRL’s server + link from record in OPAC Send member with url Update WorldCat

Strategic Digitization TOPICS INCLUDE Drum magazine CCC Camp newspapers Theses by notable scientists Identify primary resources for digital conversion – in support of undergraduate instruction or targeted research projects

Digitization Center

Demand Purchase Program: Overview “You demand, we purchase” Archival material Newspapers Foreign Doctoral Dissertations

Demand Purchase Program: Other Details $2,000 limit per patron Related CRL Programs - Purchase Proposal -Shared Purchase -Scholars’ Access Program

Demand Purchase Program: Archival Material Governments, agencies, etc. - U.S. National Archives - Great Britain Public Record Office

Demand Purchase Program: Newspapers Foreign and Domestic If any date owned, will purchase date(s) needed

Demand Purchase Program: Foreign Doctoral Dissertations “If not owned please purchase” Signed Copyright Declaration - British Library (Live Demo) - Cambridge - Hong Kong - Leeds -Manchester EThOS (

CRL Records in Harvard’s Catalog

CRL Records in OhioLINK Catalog

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Problems? Concerns? Contact Us CRL: or Kevin Wilks ext.314, Michelle Carver ext.321, Access Services ,

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