Evaluating resource sharing performance in an academic health sciences library utilizing the RapidILL system

Rabinowitz, Judy Evaluating resource sharing performance in an academic health sciences library utilizing the RapidILL system., 2009 [Preprint]

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To stay in line with user needs and workflow demands, interlibrary loan officers must continuously incorporate innovative technologies into their departments. Evaluating the usefulness of these new systems to ensure appropriate implementation can be a large undertaking as there are many issues to address during such an assessment. This study tracked the interlibrary loan activity from June through November of 2005, 2007, and 2008 of Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library in order to explore the advantages and disadvantages of participating in the RapidILL resource sharing system. Volume changes, breadth of resource sharing circles, transactional fees, staffing needs, turnaround time, and fill rate, were the main facets of interlibrary loan borrowing and lending activity analyzed.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: interlibrary loan, document delivery, academic health sciences libraries, Boston Library Consortium, RapidILL
Subjects: J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum.
J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JJ. Document delivery.
Depositing user: Judy Rabinowitz
Date deposited: 24 Jun 2010
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:17
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/14676

References

1. Storm, S., Jenkins, M.P., and Topping, S.L., eds. Tufts University Abridged Fact Book 2008-2009. Medford: Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation, 2009. Available: <http://institutionalresearch.tufts.edu/downloads/FactBook2008-09Abridgedapril09update.pdf>. Accessed: May 15, 2009.

2. Boston Library Consortium. About the Boston Library Consortium. Available: <http://www.blc.org/what_is_the_blc/about.html>. Accessed: April 22, 2009.

3. RapidILL. Public Information: 25 Most Frequently Asked Questions About RapidILL. Available: < http://www.rapidill.org/PublicContent/AboutRapid.aspx>. Accessed: April 22, 2009.


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