RESOURCE SHARING UPDATES

Good News

We will soon be sending out a request for your Regional Interlibrary Loan Statistics for the period of July 2005 through June 2006.

We use this information to calculate our Resource Sharing Subsidy which is intended to compensate your institution for regional ILL participation. This year we are pleased to tell you we have increased the total subsidy from $25,000 to $30,000!

The request for statistics will be sent to the ILL contact we have on file. If you would like to request that the form be sent to a specific individual, please send the contact information to Betty Maute: bmaute@lakenet.org

In addition, this year we will be asking you to complete a survey so SCRLC can create and maintain an updated database of all of our member’s Resource Sharing related information. This will help us to better understand our members’ needs and keep useful contact information in a central location available to all participating. We appreciate your cooperation and contributions to our regional resource sharing network! (BLM)

Local Holdings Maintenance (formerly Union Listing)

In February 2006 Passport Union Listing was replace with Local Holdings Maintenance in the Connexion Browser. OCLC converted the format of its local data records (LDRs) to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data. OCLC states:

“OCLC Local Holdings helps you maintain accurate, current holdings information. This information supports interlibrary loan by providing your library's holdings for materials in any format, including serials. By making all aspects of the collection known, it also supports collection development. It provides finding tools for local users and staff and assists remote users in deciding whether to travel to the library to use the collection. Finally, it supports consortial sharing, cooperative collection development and acquisition.”

This is important to our regional resource sharing, so if you need assistance in learning the new way of doing updates, check out OCLC. They offer updates, documentation and useful tutorials on their website: http://www.oclc.org/localholdings/default.htm

If you feel you need a more hands-on instruction, please check out Nylink Educational Services for scheduled classes at: http://www.nylink.org/training.htm

If you need help in updating your records, please use the services of SCRLC:

To submit changes, please use the forms on our website: http://www.lakenet.org/res_share/index.html

If you have any questions, contact Jane Rawoof, rawoof_j@sunybroome.edu, (607)778-5376 or Betty Maute, bmaute@lakenet.org, (215)887-2190. (BLM)

Resource Sharing Users Group Presentation:

Redefining Interlibrary Loan, September 21, 2006,

Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY

For more information and registration form, go to: http://www.lakenet.org/res_share/redefining ill9_21_06.html