Annotations of Interlibrary Loan Process |
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| Authors: | Lili Luo David West Gary Marchionini |
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| Institution: | School of Information and Library Science , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilll , #CB 3900, 100 Manning Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study presents an examination of the annotations, comments and notes written by Interlibrary Loan Borrowing (ILLB) staff and interlibrary loan patrons. Interlibrary loan requests were submitted on index cards, and later using the electronic interlibrary loan system (ILLiad). The research attempts to determine how the interlibrary loan process was transformed from the analog-to-electronic progression. Analysis of the notes, annotations and comments on 2,000 interlibrary loan cards and 1,975 ILLiad transaction records suggests that consolidation and synthesis of different components in the interlibrary loan process has resulted in increased efficiency. Patrons using the electronic service are more motivated to communicate with ILLB Staff via the “Notes” field embedded in the interlibrary loan request submission form. |
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| Keywords: | Interlibrary loan annotations |
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