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Dear Del ILLa
Dear Del ILLa answers questions about interlibrary loan issues in the Minitex region.
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Referral Locations – November 2008
Dear Del ILLa,
I've sent some requests to Minitex with locations I think should be OK, but I have
received the message that the location was not accessible. How can I tell if a location I
find on OCLC is a place that Minitex will refer a request?
Nola Cashen
Dear Nola,
For information on referral locations, check the Minitex Web site:
Our list of referral priorities is set up based on turnaround time to our office. This list may
be helpful to your library if you are developing referral priorities, Rotas, or Custom Holdings
on OCLC. Remember, when you are setting up your list that you will need to take into account any
local borrowing arrangements and edit the list accordingly.
Del ILLa
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Ordering Bookmarks – April 2008
Dear Del ILLa,
I don't know how this happened, but I just ran out of bookmarks and I need to send some
items via Minitex delivery. What is the quickest way to get them?
Ina Hurry
Dear Ina,
We fill requests for all routing forms every Friday. This time, you have an urgent need for the
routing slips, so please call a delivery staff member and we will send them out immediately!
Del ILLa
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E-Journals and ILL – January 2008
Dear Del ILLa,
I'm getting more and more requests for articles that we own only as e-journals. I'm not
ever sure whether or not I should supply them. How can I tell if it is OK to use electronic resources
to fill ILL requests?
E-wondering
Dear wondering,
The only way to be sure is to check the license agreements your institution has with the various
publishers. Publishers that do allow use of an e-journal for ILL often have stipulations and lengthy
explanations such as:
The Licensee's library staff may supply to an Authorized User of another library (whether by post,
fax or secure electronic transmission, using Ariel or its equivalent, whereby the electronic file is
deleted immediately after printing), for the purposes of research or private study, a single paper copy
of an electronic original of an individual document.
The license agreement with publishers that do not will say something such as:
Interlibrary loans are limited only to the print version.
It would be time consuming to check the licenses every time you have a request. A good project would be
to make a list of the publishers that allow you to share e-resources, then prepare one alphabetical list
of the titles owned by the publishers who say "yes." Then you would have a single list to consult when you
get requests for e-journals.
Del ILLa
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Electronic Copies of Resource Sharing News – May 2006
Dear Del ILLa,
My office is small and I'm trying to cut back on all of the paper I receive. No offense, but is
there any way I could get my copy of Resource Sharing News electronically?
Macon Changes
Dear Macon,
No offense taken! Yes, Resource Sharing News is available on the Minitex Web site along with all of
the other serial publications coming from our office:
If you are subscribed to the Minitex email list, you will receive a notice when the latest issues of all
Minitex publications are available online. If you are not on the list, and you would like notice of the
latest issue of Resource Sharing News, just send an email to the editor at:
c-nels@umn.edu. She can also remove your name from the print copy list
if you prefer to receive just the electronic version.
Del ILLa
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