Interlibrary Loan and Iowa LibrariesMidwest ILL ConferenceApril 10, 2014Marie Harms

Today’s Topics

•SILO Interlibrary Loan System•Interlibrary Loan Reimbursement Program

•OCLC Resource Sharing Proxy Service

•Future of SILO ILL

SILO ILL System•A popular program!

▫93,378 completed transactions in 2013▫Over 600 Iowa libraries participate

•Libraries of all types participate▫Regents Universities▫Academic▫School▫Special▫State Agency/Organizations▫Public

SILO Locator

•All participating libraries add holdings to the Locator

•SILO File Upload•Locator CleanUp•Contains millions

of holdings

Recent New FeaturesSILO ILL System

Report Sub Standard Records

Full Display PopUp

Title Search Transactions

Non-Participant Referral

•Forward a request directly to Referral Library to be put in OCLC

•Use this when an item is only available from a non-participating SILO library

Referral Request

Referral Library Definition

•The Referral Library is the designated library who will enter ILL requests into OCLC

Set Referral Library

• SILO ILL System Menu

• Access Iowa Library Directory/Library Account Information

• Modify Basic Interlibrary Loan Account Information

Enhanced Search

Results Sorted by Copyright

Results sorted by Popularity

Results Sorted by Relevance

ILL Reimbursement Program

•Part of the Enrich Iowa Program•Over 300,000 transactions were paid out

last year•~$1.27 per transaction•Funds come from

State of Iowa General Fund appropriation

ILL Reimbursement Program

•Libraries sign the agreement in July•Transactions are counted in July for

previous year•Checks are distributed in the fall

Reporting

•No report is necessary for ILL transactions made through OCLC and SILO

•Submit documentation for loans done outside these systems

No reimbursement for

•Bulk loans of a collection•Lost or damaged materials•Delivery or postage

OCLC Resource Sharing Proxy Service

•IaLS District Office staff use OCLC RS to request items from out-of-state libraries

•Used on a limited basis by small public libraries

•3 ways to request▫Referral library▫Through FirstSearch▫Online form

ILL Delivery•No statewide delivery system for ILL•Some use AEA vans•Charging borrower up to $3.00 is allowed

in the Reimbursement Program•Lack of postage funds can limit

availability of ILL

Future of SILO ILL System

•Statewide Resource Sharing•Develop system in house?•Ohionet/Equinox project