Doing it All in the One Person Operation Northwest Interlibrary Loan/Resource Sharing Conference Portland Community College September th, 2002 Sam Sayre

Doing it All in the One Person Operation How to find what you want and how to get it A guide for the small public or school librarian An Internet connection and not much else, especially time Free and pay sites and services

Interlibrary Loan Borrowing material from another library ILL is not Reference –ILL means getting a known (hopefully) item I want a book about the Sayre Family I want the book called The Sayre Family by Theodore Banta The Subject Guide to Books in Print is not an ILL tool –Nor for that matter much of a reference tool

Interlibrary Loan Avoid it if you can A service for a single patron –Very Expensive Buy don’t Borrow –You know at least one person wants it –Charge it Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s

Time and Money Librarians have little Patrons have less

Time and Money for Patrons No money, yes time –Other libraries No time, yes money –Document suppliers No money, no time –Go away, surf the Web

Time and Money for Librarians No money, yes time –The Web No time, yes money –Pay services No money, no time –Lock the door and read a book

National Interlibrary Loan Code – Supplement – It gets lost (even on the way to you) you pay

The Best ILL Web Site –Mary Hollerich –Northwestern University Lots and lots and lots of stuff

Best ILL Book Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook Second Edition Virginia Boucher The essential step-by-step manual for ILL, serving both new and experienced staff Price: $45.00 ALA Member Price: $ pages 8.5" X 11" Softcover ISBN: © 1996

The Steps Verify –What is it Locate –Make sure I don’t own or have access to it –Find out where it is Borrow or Buy –How do I get it

Verify – An Example A phone request –Yugoslav off switch and the Vatican Library of Congress Catalog –Yugoslav and Vatican The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican

Verify What is it –Union Catalogs –Library Catalogs –Indexing and Abstracting Databases –Bookstore Catalogs –Document Supplier Catalogs

Verify Union Catalogs – Start big –OCLC’s WorldCat Libraries in Alaska, Idaho and Montana have state funded access –See State Library home pages –Cascade –Orbis

Verify Union Catalogs – Start big –National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) –ORULS Oregon Regional Union List of Serials

Verify Library Catalogs –Libweb –Libdex –State Library home pages Library Directories

Verify Indexing and Abstracting Databases –AGRICOLA –ERIC Other ERIC sites – –PubMed

Verify Indexing and Abstracting Databases –Fee based online databases Dialog – FirstSearch –

Verify Bookstore Catalogs –Amazon.com –Barnes & Noble –Powell’s –Abebooks.com

Verify Document Supplier Catalogs –ILLWeb Document Supplier Page tmhttp:// tm Other –Reference backup Oregon Reference LINK – –The Verifier by Christopher C. Brown

Locate Make sure you don’t own or have access to it –Local, regional and statewide resources Can I double dip –School library in Multnomah County Can my patron double dip –School or Work Can my patron walk in –University of Oregon Local, Regional and State Library Web sites

Locate Find out where it is –Same as Verify

Borrow Who –Policies How –Forms –Online Systems

Who Policies –OCLC Participating Institutions Probably free book lenders –ILL Policy “Supplier” –OCLC Custom Holdings Probably free video lenders Probably free photocopies –LVIS – Libraries Very Interested in Sharing (1758 Members) Check OCLC Network pages –

Who –Policies IFLA – ILLWeb directory page – mhttp:// m Library Web sites –University of Oregon » –Western Washington University »

How Forms –ALA –IFLA –Fax or forms – don’t mail –Follow up with a call if it’s a rush

How Library web sites –Library of Congress LC Form – –University of Washington Resource Sharing Service bmithttp:// bmit

How Document Supplier Web Sites –ILLWeb Document Supplier Page suppliers.htmhttp:// suppliers.htm

Online Systems OCLC Interlibrary Loan System –NWGA Northwest Group Access –LVIS Libraries Very Interested in Sharing –Average cost is $3.00 per request –Contact OCLC Western Service Center

Thank You Sam Sayre Library Services Consultant OCLC Online Computer Library Center 111 SW Harrison St, Ste 17E Portland, OR (877) (toll free) (503) (614) (fax)