Book description
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.
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.
