Scan by Numbers: Interlibrary Loan Lending Statistics Shape Digital Initiative

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“…47 Shrauger and Dotson note that ILL/DD Services and Digital Services at the University of Central Florida had very different work methods and goals that had to be resolved for them to provide special collections items. 48 We heartily agree that ILL operations tend to provide goodenough copies quickly for one-time use, whereas digitization operations most often strive to provide highquality scans with complete metadata for long-term multi-patron access and preservation. Dupont provided some guidance in starting a service at the 2010 Western Roundup; 49 more detailed advice can be found in most of the articles previously cited, especially Ling's, Shrauger's, and those in Sharing the Wealth.…”

“…30 Shrauger wrote in a 2010 article, co-written with Lee Dotson, about how " [o]pening the doors of special collections to interlibrary loan would set a new standard for research and access." 31 At the 2010 ILLiad International Conference, the session "ILL for Archives and Special Collections" covered the topic's history and current state and described Shrauger's success story from the University of Central Florida. 32 A follow-up session was then held at the 2011 ILLiad International Conference, 33 where the new draft ACRL/RBMS combined guidelines for interlibrary loan and lending for exhibition was discussed.…”

Special Deliveries: Towards a Methodology for Generous Fulfillment of Special Collections Interlibrary Loan Requests

“…Responses to the idea of interlibrary lending of special collections materials were lukewarm at best in this survey, with only one respondent indicating willingness to change current practices and allow ILL of special collections (p. 5). More heartening is the willingness of repositories to create scan on demand services (Schaffner, Snyder, and Supple, 2011), including some (e.g., Shrauger and Dotson, 2010) that make use of existing interlibrary loan channels.…”

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 73

“…The process of inter departmental cooperation and the processes involved are described in detail. A fascinating example of the benefits of digitisation and ILL (Shrauger and Dotson, 2010).…”