The new ILLINET Resource Sharing Policy Directory is pleased to join the statewide CE Calendar and ELI library data as part of L2. The directory is now online and waiting for libraries to enter their ILL and other Resource Sharing data. The Resource Sharing Directory includes Interlibrary Loan, Photocopy, and Reciprocal Borrowing policies. As an added feature, libraries have the capability to upload their written ILL Borrowing and ILL Lending policies to the directory.

A short PowerPoint presentation covers creating an L2 account for those without an L2 and signing in to L2 to enter Interlibrary Loan, Photocopy, and Reciprocal Borrowing policies. Please view the presentation to learn how enter policies for your library into L2.

Once libraries have begun to enter their policies into L2 the real fun begins for OCLC libraries as we create truly powerful custom holdings groups and paths to use in WorldCat. Photocopy policies include LVIS participation to enable libraries to identify other LVIS libraries in order to secure free photocopies. Reciprocal Borrowing policies include a description of any limits imposed on RB patrons, thereby enabling libraries to view Reciprocal Borrowing policies before their patrons visit neighboring institutions.

A short PowerPoint presentation introducing the directory has been created and posted to the MLS Resource Sharing website.  The presentation covers creating an account and signing in to L2 to enter Interlibrary Loan, Photocopy, and Reciprocal Borrowing policies.  Please view the presentation to learn how to sign in and enter policies for your library. Once libraries have begun to enter their policies, the real fun can begin for OCLC libraries as we create truly powerful custom holdings groups and paths to use in WorldCat. Photocopy policies include LVIS participation to enable libraries to identify other LVIS libraries in order to secure free photocopies. Reciprocal Borrowing policies include a description of any limits imposed on RB patrons, thereby enabling libraries to view Reciprocal Borrowing policies before their patrons visit neighboring institutions.

Watch for more presentations and information to be posted to the MLS website and blog. You may also want to view a screen cast introduction to the Directory.

Thanks to the Lewis & Clark Library System who created this video for the Illinois System Directors Organization (ILSDO) with funding from the Illinois State Library.

WorldCat Local [7 Streaming video segments, 01:32:00]

All of Your Library’s Content in One Search Box — Early adopters of the OCLC WorldCat Local service share their implementation and use experiences for this new discovery-to-delivery service. OCLC staff discusses ongoing enhancements that will further consolidate access to library-provided resources. Speakers for this event were:

• Mindy Pozenel, Director, WorldCat Discovery Services, OCLC
• Steve Shadle. Serials Access Librarian, University of Washington Libraries
• Amy Kautzman, Associate University Librarian for the Humanities & Social Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Gregg Silvis, Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware Library
• Angi Falks, Associate Director, DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College

This year several new vendors have come on board. A sampling of the vendors who have agreed to the trial include: Accessible Archives, OCLC, ProQuest, Greenwood Publishing, The World and I, Standard and Poors, Newsbank, Polling the Nations, CQ Press, Oxford University Press, CABI, EBSCO, ABC-CLIO, Plunkett Research, Taylor and Francis, LearningExpress, Heritage Microfilm, Public Record, Alexander Street Press, Scholastic, Grolier Online, Bookflix, Capstone Publishers, U.S. Business Journal, Value Line, Morningstar, World Book, Encyclopedia Britannica, Facts on File, Thomson Reuters, Web of Knowledge, Rosen Publishing, Naxos USA, Teaching Books, TumbleBooks, Dun and Bradstreet, GALE/CENGAGE, BioOne,and Mango languages.

Post notification reprinted from nsls.info Newsletter, 8/8/08

To evaluate this service, the Illinois WorldCat pilot will be conducting a three month test of home delivery with OCLC’s WorldCat Direct program, an interlibrary loan service for libraries that wish to offer rapid delivery of books to their patrons. The pilot is designed to analyze the impact and interest of direct delivery with libraries and library users and to evaluate customer satisfaction with the service.

Patrons, from participating pilot libraries, who wish to try the WorldCat Direct option will begin the process by requesting a title through the WorldCat Resource Sharing interface. If the book is available in its inventory, the supplier for this pilot program (Better World Books), will then mail the book directly to the patron’s home address. Later, the patron either returns the book by mail using a prepaid envelope or buys the book directly from the supplier.

Because books are mailed directly to patrons, borrowing libraries save staff time processing requests which can be handled by this service. Delivery tends to be faster than traditional interlibrary loan since the book supplier guarantees a response to ILL requests within 2 days and mails books directly to patrons. The longer loan period of 30 days on all materials also makes this an exciting new option for resource sharing.

Beginning July, 1, 2008, the following libraries will be testing the WorldCat Direct service:

• Champaign Public Library
• Des Plaines Public Library
• Edwardsville Public Library
• Hoopeston Public Library
• Lewis & Clark Library System
• Lincoln Library
• Lincoln Trail Libraries System
• University of Illinois @ Chicago
• University of Illinois @ Springfield

For more information about this project, contact WorldCat Local Project Coordinator Laurie Bartolini.

To maximize the efficiency of the system, you will need a headset and microphone ~ but you also have the ability to text message your questions in to the presenter.  Here is the calendar for the next few months.  Please feel free to contact ILLINET/OCLC Network Coordinators Debra Aggertt 217.558.1945 William Echelbarger 217.524.6313  for a quick  demonstration or suggestion for future workshops.

Registration for these workshops is via the ISL CleO.

• Date:  January 31       Topic:  Copy Cataloging with OCLC’s CatExpress
• Date:  February 5       Topic:  Introduction to FirstSearch
• Date:  February 13     Topic:  Beginning WorldCat Resource Sharing
• Date:  February 20     Topic:  Cataloging with the Connexion Browser Interface
• Date:  February 21     Topic:  Advanced WorldCat Resource Sharing
• Date:  February 29     Topic:  Cataloging with the Connexion Client Interface

Also to prepare for the changeover, on December 28th (or if you are going to be closed before the 28th), every library in the state needs to destroy all current ILDS (Intersystems Library Delivery Service) labels.  The last “old” ILDS pickup will occur on Thursday December 27th.  Non-ILDS libraries should continue to use their regional library system labels.  
For those who will be taking part in the new ILDS, on January 2 your new ILDS code will appear in Every Library in ILLINET (ELI).

As soon as appropriate changes are made, the ILLINET directory that appears on the Illinois State Library web site will be updated with the new statewide ILDS codes.  See what the new ILDS label looks like on the new Illinois Delivers web site.