Implications for Library Organization and Guideposts for Education and Training: The Many Hats of the Interlibrary Loan Librarian

Abstract

To effectively manage an interlibrary loan (ILL) unit, the supervising librarian needs a variety of skills. Drawing upon published reports, interviews with ILL leaders, and experience at Iowa State University, the author outlines a new typology of seven skills, relating these diverse skills to the place of ILL in the library organization, and the need for a formalized approach to educating and training ILL librarians.

Scanning Productivity in Interlibrary Loan

“…Pedersen and A. Runestad work flow in its own right. Pedersen has proposed that imaging, including both photocopying and scanning activities, is one of the seven major skills of the contemporary ILL librarian (Pedersen, 2007).…”