Reference as an Access Service: Collaboration between Reference and Interlibrary Loan Departments

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Main Authors: Kern, M. Kathleen, Weible, Cherie L.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2005
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author Kern, M. Kathleen
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Weible, Cherie L.
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Weible, Cherie L.
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contents Reference as an Access Service: Collaboration between Reference and Interlibrary Loan Departments Kern, M. Kathleen Weible, Cherie L. Reference Services Library Services Academic Libraries Cooperation Pilot Projects Program Effectiveness Academic libraries increasingly rely on Interlibrary Loan (ILL) departments to obtain research materials. This adds to the workload of ILL at a time when many libraries are experiencing budget cuts and dwindling staff. Collaboration between ILL and Reference can assist ILL by providing searching expertise. Collaboration is facilitated by the paperless environment provided by ILL management software. Patrons benefit from increased fill-rates and reduced turnaround time for ILL requests. Reference benefits by exercising creative searching for difficult-to-find materials and gaining exposure to new reference sources and online catalogs. These benefits are explored through analysis of fill-rates, sources from which materials were ultimately obtained, sources used by the Reference Department, and interviews with staff. (Contains 1 note and 2 tables.)
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spellingShingle Reference as an Access Service: Collaboration between Reference and Interlibrary Loan Departments
Kern, M. Kathleen
Weible, Cherie L.
Reference Services
Library Services
Academic Libraries
Cooperation
Pilot Projects
Program Effectiveness
Reference as an Access Service: Collaboration between Reference and Interlibrary Loan Departments Kern, M. Kathleen Weible, Cherie L. Reference Services Library Services Academic Libraries Cooperation Pilot Projects Program Effectiveness Academic libraries increasingly rely on Interlibrary Loan (ILL) departments to obtain research materials. This adds to the workload of ILL at a time when many libraries are experiencing budget cuts and dwindling staff. Collaboration between ILL and Reference can assist ILL by providing searching expertise. Collaboration is facilitated by the paperless environment provided by ILL management software. Patrons benefit from increased fill-rates and reduced turnaround time for ILL requests. Reference benefits by exercising creative searching for difficult-to-find materials and gaining exposure to new reference sources and online catalogs. These benefits are explored through analysis of fill-rates, sources from which materials were ultimately obtained, sources used by the Reference Department, and interviews with staff. (Contains 1 note and 2 tables.)
title Reference as an Access Service: Collaboration between Reference and Interlibrary Loan Departments
topic Reference Services
Library Services
Academic Libraries
Cooperation
Pilot Projects
Program Effectiveness
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ940638