Interlibrary Loan for Newbies and re:turnees Russell Palmer GOLD/GALILEO User’s Group Conference 31 July 2009

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Key sources for ILL info GOLD – Lyrasis – OCLC –

ILL-L list Maintained by WebJunction Easy to manage subscription (messages, digest, searchable archive) Extremely helpful and informative community Sign up here:

ShareILL Wiki “a gateway to electronic and print resources pertaining to all aspects of interlibrary loan (ILL), document delivery, and resource sharing.”

Other, specialized info ILLiad-L list: ARIE-L list: n/listinfo/arie-l IDS toolkit:

The law of the land Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States s/guidelines/interlibrary.cfm “This code establishes principles that facilitate the requesting of material by a library and the provision of loans or copies in response to those requests.”

The sheriff in this town GOLD Compliance Guidelines pliance/

Training Lyrasis offers a variety of resource sharing training classes, including: OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing: The Basics OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing: Beyond the Basics The Resource Sharing Detective Using the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Direct Request Service

GOLD Facilitated Training Lyrasis partners with GOLD to offer training in a variety of areas each year! Keep an eye out here:

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OCLC Tips & Tricks

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Your Issues

4 things to know Special thanks to Melissa Jackson at Armstrong Atlantic State University!

4 things Communication is important! with your patrons with your staff/co-workers with other libraries

4 things Resource sharing thrives on good will –Work with your patrons when you can – willing to lend as well as borrow –Give favors when you can

4 things Be willing to ask for help –listservs –The Virginia Boucher book "Interlibrary Loans Practices Handbook" –Wikis –ILL code on ALA page –Web resources –Each other! Me!

4 things Be consistent, but not inflexible –Sometimes you just have to say 'no’ –Don't make 'no' your favorite word

Your Questions

Pick up the phone! Never hesitate to call another library with questions Never hesitate to call me at Lyrasis with Resource Sharing questions: , ext