1. ILL vs. Amazon Prime: quicker, better, cheaper? -Intro -Thank you -Library and Faculty size -Start of a Conversation

2. Quicker? Request and Travel Time -2 day v. 1 day to 10 business days (3 weeks) 5-6 days is realistic. Getting it in patrons hands -Cataloging can occur as book is on the way to patron. -If you are in a small environment, just stamp and hand them the book.

3. Cheaper? Cost structure: -Shipping both ways, cost to borrow. RE-Requesting! -Cost of staff... Waiting to find a lender, checking overdues, negotiating extensions, unpacking, packing, (saving boxes?), resending and having to re-request. We fuss over $65 book that we KNOW will get used, but pay no mind to keeping a 15k continuation that get 3 uses a year. Do we fuss over the little stuff to prove we are responsible with money, collecting? LSU auditor story. Would we charge for a lost book?

4. Better? How to discern? ILL is not you're book! STORY: Library of Congress as Lender of Last Resort Reduces consortial lending. Buying a book for a faculty request means that the book immediately fills a need.

5. Questions We are under pressure to be more business like, and to reduce overhead. We have a duty to reduce cost and increase efficiency. Do we even have the staff to do ILL? Is AP a patch or a solution? Is ILL more efficient as it scales up, or less efficient? How is what I have to say relevant to large libraries? -Try it, you’re not committed Do we choose to catalog the book at all? How do we do that?