Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook: Edition 3

Cherié L. Weible · Karen L. Janke

May 2011 · American Library Association

About this eBook

In their definitive new Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, editors Weible and Janke clearly explain the complexities of getting materials from outside the library for patrons. This collection presents a complete view of the interlibrary loan (ILL) process, with contributions from all areas of the technical services community, providing Guidance on how to do ILL efficiently and effectively, with advice on how to be a considerate borrower and lender Details of preferred staffing and management techniques, showing how best practices can be implemented at any institution Discussion of important issues that can fall between the cracks, such as hidden copyright issues, and the logistics of lending internationally Consortia and other library partnerships are now sharing ever larger fractions of their collections, and this book gives library staff the tools necessary for a smoothly functioning ILL system.

About the author

Cherié L. Weible is head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been in the department for eleven years. Cherié is an associate professor at the university and has published numerous articles, papers, and lectures, and consulted for ILL operations workflow on a professional level. She holds an MA in history from Pittsburg State University (Kansas) and an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Karen Janke is the library director at Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development located in downtown Chicago, where she has worked since July 2009. Previously, Karen was an associate librarian and team leader for Access Services at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where she worked for 8 years in Interlibrary Loan and Access Services after receiving her MLS from the University of Illinois in 2001. She has coauthored articles for the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve on article delivery turnaround time and management issues as well as a forthcoming article in the Journal of Popular Culture.