Universal Borrowing in South Carolina Academic Libraries

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Universal Borrowing in South Carolina Academic
Libraries

• Marna Hostetler
• Chair, PASCAL Universal Borrowing Committee
• Head of Interlibrary Loan
• University of South Carolina

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What is INN-Reach? Its a Resource Sharing System

• Union catalog with automatic record contribution
• Can include non-III libraries
• Patron-initiated requesting for books only
• Patrons are verified in own local system
• Automated lender selection based on consortium
  profile
• Circulation system transmits requests directly to
  circulation module of lending library
• Lending is managed by the patrons library

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Requesting

• INN-Reach selects the lending library based on
  availability and load-balancing
• Load-balancing can be done in several different
  ways

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The Union Catalog Patron features

• Multi-library holdings attached to single
  bibliographic record
• Detailed data, including On Order/In Process,
  Serials holdings, and up-to-date circulation
  status
• Links to e-journal holdings
• Easy access over the web with a standard browser
• Searches transfer from local catalog with no
  re-keying

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Why is state-wide borrowing an important goal?

• Print resources are a significant investment
• Numbers from the MOBIUS consortium
• Collections valued at 1.8 billion
• 17.2 million items
• 67 of titles are unique
• Three-fold increase in inter-institutional
  borrowing since its inception
• Cost reductions over traditional ILL of 80-90
• Source George Rickerson, Director of MOBIUS, 2003

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Comparing INN-Reach and Traditional ILL
BorrowingFrom Jackson, Mary. Assessing ILL/DD
Services New Cost-Effective Alternatives.
Washington, D.C. ARL, 2004
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Comparing INN-Reach and Traditional ILL
LendingFrom Jackson, Mary. Assessing ILL/DD
Services New Cost-Effective Alternatives.
Washington, D.C. ARL, 2004
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INN-Reach SystemsINN-Reach now serves thousands
of libraries
Maine InfoNet
Cascade
MeL
Connect NY
Orbis
C/W MARS
AccessPA
Ohio LINK
Prospector Plus
InRhode
LINK
MOBIUS
San Diego Circuit
4 More Systems in the Works!
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Achievements 2004-2005

• Committee established
• Pilot group formed
• Orientation April 2005
• Profile worksheets for pilot sites completed
• Software activated at all pilot sites
• Policies Procedures Subcommittee met
• Union catalog is up with test records! See
  www.pascalcat.org
• Delivery RFP completed
• Security certificates for servers purchased and
  installed

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Current Status Fall 2005

• Waiting for Delivery RFP to be posted
• Setting up testing
• Completing profile worksheets for the union
  catalog
• Hiring Academic Resources Coordinator, who will
  oversee this project
• Planning for the next phase

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Goals for 2005-2006

• Orient new Academic Resources Coordinator
• Award a delivery vendor and develop policies and
  procedures
• Test delivery between the pilot sites, using the
  new vendor, and refine policies and procedures as
  necessary
• Purchase bags/shipping materials and settle
  shipping details
• Complete pilot group implementation, including
  automatic data transfer
• Work with a consultant from an established
  INN-Reach consortium

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Goals for 2005-2006 (continued)

• Training from a III representative
• Firm up circulation policies and procedures
• Begin preparing other libraries for
  implementation, including loading data
• Work with PASCAL Professional Development
  Committee to organize training and outreach
• Implement new libraries in phases, including
  training staff
• Go Live with majority of libraries by Summer 2006

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Questions?

• Marna Hostetler
• Chair, Universal Borrowing Committee
• Head of Interlibrary Loan
• University of South Carolina