gil users group meeting may 20, 2004 impact on interlibrary loan katharine calhoun georgia tech...

GIL USERS GROUP MEETINGMay 20, 2004

Impact on Interlibrary Loan

Katharine CalhounGeorgia Tech Library

katharine.calhoun@library.gatech.edu

SFX software links online database citations to the full text of a library’s electronic journals.

Ceramic Abstracts

Clicking on the SFX button takes you to a screenthat shows where the full text can be found. Clicking

on this link takes you to the online journal.

ILL example #1 Medline

SFX searches GIL catalog by ISSN. No matches.

Patron chooses ILL option.

SFX transferscitation

informationto online ILL

form.

WorldCat record shows that GeorgiaTech owns this. Click on SFX.

ILL example #2

Patron chooses to searchthe catalog.

SFX did not find item in GT catalog.

Separate search in GT catalog retrieves record.

Patron chooses ILL option.

ILL request ismade for

item already owned

by GT Library.

ILL example #3 Environmental Sciences & Pollution Mgmt.

Patron chooses ILL option.

Too littlecitation

informationtransferred.

Database namedifficult to determine.

Impact of SFX on ILL @ Georgia Tech:

•Increased workload - rough estimate of 20% - 25% increase in copy requests for fall 2003 vs. fall 2002

•Additional staff time spent verifying incomplete citations

•Additional staff time spent in communication with the requestor if the Library already owns the item