Colleagues:
Since taking over responsibility for our ILL department, I have had
a nagging question that I have put off posting on Law-Lib... until
now.
Why do some academic law libraries charge other academic law
libraries for ILL activities? Aren't we all "in the same boat?"
Maybe I have too idealistic a view, but it would seem that if Law
Library A doesn't have something and Law Library B can provide it,
this would be done free of charge in the spirit of our common
goals. Tomorrow, Library B may need something from Library A. Of
course, I am not referring to free special handling, such as a Fed
Ex delivery; just your everyday loan or copy and mail, fax or
Ariel.
I know there are some libraries that establish individual
reciprocal arrangements for free ILL transactions. Why not have
a blanket reciprocal agreement among all academic law libraries?
This is just food for thought precipitated by an invoice from an
academic law library for copying 2 pages of a book. Maybe we can
open a dialogue about this topic. Maybe I'm out of line with these
thoughts, but I felt they were worth bringing up.
Merle
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Merle J. Slyhoff Phone: (215) 898-9013
Media and Document Delivery Internet:mslyhoff@oyez.law.upenn.edu
Services Librarian Fax: (215) 898-6619
University of Pennsylvania
Biddle Law Library
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