Bud Bennett, Radford VIVA ILL Community Forum July 15, 2011

 Bud Bennett from Radford University  Working in ILL since 1987  First to actually purchase ILLiad (our first request was 6/24/1998)  Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions or advice about interlibrary loan!

- It is sometimes cheaper to borrow a book than to buy it - ILL is a great way for the acquisitions department to analyze your collection - Libraries can quickly get crowded and ILL makes weeding more palatable No library can own everything but with ILL’s help it might seem like you can.

- According to a 2004 study of ARL libraries by Mary Jackson, each transaction costs a total of$ this amount may be more or less for others and may only apply to those in her study, but it’s one finding among others - Maxcost line- don’t forget to use it - IFM reduces processing costs - Some stores appear on OCLC as lenders- know who you are ordering from- ALBRS, QUICK, BWBKS

- Sharing Groups- LYRA, SO6… Services/OCLC-At-A-Glance/Resource- Sharing-Groups.aspx - LVIS ts/library/who_we_are/OCLC/lvis.html ts/library/who_we_are/OCLC/lvis.html

 Checking copyright for new article requests and keeping track of that  Rule of 5- we can order up to 5 articles per journal title for anything published in the last 5 years.  Where is the code?  CCC-

Borrowing  Excellent personal service to your own patrons - help patrons choose material to request when appropriate - be honest about timeframes  Lending - try to loan “non-standard returnables” - speed is your friend - if you can, stay open around Christmas

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 The full listing of VIVA Guidelines is found: Some of the highlights are: - 48 hour Standard - VIVA Interlibrary Loan Tier of Choices - Loan period of 8 weeks use and no renewals - Use ARIEL, Odyssey (or ) to send articles - And……

 New material  Entire journal issues or bound volumes  Microforms  DVDs, CDs, and videos “VIVA SPECIAL LOAN” in “Borrowing Note” field

 UPS or FEDex or any express shipping company  Both sending AND returning  VIVA subsidy of delivery costs  If you absolutely cannot use UPS or FEDex, use first class mail

 $315,000 for public colleges  $131,285 for private colleges  Reimbursement based on total originals loaned to VIVA members in previous fiscal year as reported by OCLC.  Money is to be a partial reimbursement for expense of sending loans and returning borrowed items by expedited mail.  Each school can choose its own delivery service.

Can I fill requests from them??? YES for MOST.

 Don’t forget to join the VIVA listservs  VIVA ILL wiki ill.pbworks.com/w/page/ /VIVA- ILL-Wiki-Home  VIVA has a nice page of resources for newcomers: es.html es.html