I feel I must respond to this email. I recently requested an article from JACC's most current issue.
This was not available in OVID nor was it available in Science Direct. I needed it quickly and I knew
I could not guess which library had access to the full edition online.
I have been watching this discussion with great interest and I found the most interesting
response came from our colleague who provided the statistics. By and large, we do not abuse
the system. I think we need to trust the judgement of our fellow librarians and not make
judgements which might not be valid.
Patti Reynolds
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
-----Original Message-----
From: Medical Libraries Discussion List on behalf of Thomas L. Williams
Sent: Wed 2/7/2007 11:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Medlib policy on ILL requests
There seems to a change in policy as far as using the list for ILLS.
In the past we were restricted to items we absolutely were unable to
find anywhere else (Docline etc.) Most of the ILLs posted to the
list these days seem to be your regular garden-variety titles. I've
been told by at least one response was that this issue was brought to
the attention of the listserv person not long ago and the reply was
something to the effect that ILL was permitted as long as it is
stated on the subject line. This is in COMPLETE opposition to past
policies.
Tom
Who is in charge of this list at this point in time? Listmom or Dad,
please let us know.
On 7 Feb 2007, at 18:02, Kleinmuntz, Dalia wrote:
> I believe that the policy has not changed. One has to identify the
> request on the subject line as ILL (same as with "Chat").
>
> The problem is that there might be too many who just do not know
> how to
> check Docline for "who has what where and from what year", or do not
> bother to do so. It is taken for granted - even among librarians -
> that almost "everything is on the net", or that it can be gotten for
> free if one just asks. I do not mind helping out, and all our
> holdings
> are so noted online, so that a search for the journal and the year
> ought
> to identify us as holding the particular year, and thus sent
> directly to
> us, not to the whole list.
>
> Libraries ought to make sure that all their holdings are listed with
> NLM. It takes a bit of time, but is a simple solution. And DOC LINE
> is such a great tool - all ought to learn to use it properly!!!!,
>
> Dalia Kleinmuntz, M.L.S.
> Director of Webster Library & ENH Library Resources
> Evanston Hospital, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
> 847-570-2664 (voice)
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>
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of ENH.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medical Libraries Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas L. Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Medlib policy on ILL requests
>
>>
>
> Has Medlib changed its policy on using the listserv for ILL
> requests? In the past the policy was that we could only do that when
> we've exhausted all other possibilities; Docline, OCLC, or whatever.
> Lately there seems to be ever-increasing ILL traffic on the list? If
> it's now open season to do ILLs I'd like to know so we can avail
> ourselves of this service.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
>
> Thomas L. Williams, M.S.,A.H.I.P.
> Director, Distributed eLibrary
> Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar
> Education City P.O. 24144
> Doha, Qatar
> +974-492-8109
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Thomas L. Williams, M.S.,A.H.I.P.
Director, Distributed eLibrary
Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar
Education City P.O. 24144
Doha, Qatar
+974-492-8109
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