Transcript What Does Electronic ILL Mean to You? Cherié L. Weible Acting Head of Central Access Services Associate Professor of Library Administration.

What Does Electronic ILL Mean to You?
Cherié L. Weible
Acting Head of Central Access Services
Associate Professor of Library Administration
ILL at Illinois
• Net Lender!
– 65,954 Lending / 25,723 Borrowing
– High volume
– Variable workflow for materials in and out
– Use ILLiad for all ILL requests (no fax, no email)
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e-ILL for Articles
• Request for journal article from borrowing
library
– Via OCLC World Cat Resource Sharing or other ILL
management system into ILLiad at Illinois
• Staff check local holdings for e-journal via ILS
or local e-journal system
• Print article to paper and match with request
– Scan and deliver via Odyssey to Borrowing Library
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e-ILL for e-books?
• CHANGE is the one rule as academic libraries grapple
with access and delivery
• Clunky / cumbersome workflow if any at all
• Licensing must allow for ILL
• Want to provide access via ILL; not just local patrons
• Delivery
• User Needs
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Current (clunky) Workflow
• e-content; specifically e-books
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Licensing allows for a few chapters to be shared
each chapter / section is a separate download
multi-step for book chapters to be sent via ILL
No “real” ILL for e-books
• e-readers / e-reading devices
• Nook, Kindle, Sony Readers, i-Phone, i-Pad,
Smartphone, etc.
• Can’t deliver directly; need to go through multiple steps
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e-book Access
• Limitations
– e-books limited by campus IPs; can’t send link
– Some vendors recognize and allow ILL
– Technology needs to be developed to increase the
access of e-books
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Delivery via ILL
• File sizes need to be manageable and flexible
– Small files; delivery to a variety of e-readers or
other mechanism
• Current count 20+ options at the public library!
• 15+ not supported
– Studies indicate that users prefer .pdf format
• Not reasonable to expect ILL staff to download and
save several chapters of a book, convert, attach, send
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User Needs
• Academic Libraries / Users
– Need longer loan periods than public libraries
• Overdrive system (3 weeks)
– Need renewal function
– Expand purchase options for e-books after initial
loan; currently have this for print books
– Portable notes / marginalia function
• Delivery: format important (.pdf preferred)
• Discovery: local library catalog and internet
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