Dear Colleagues,
I am sorry I did not get back to you
last week – I was out sick most of the week. This page http://ntl.bts.gov/networking/TKN_ILL_Guidelines.html
will take you to information about the project, guidelines for borrowing and
lending, the ILL request form for those libraries that are not using OCLC for
resource sharing, and the metrics we hope to collect from each library.
Please let me know if you have any
comments on the above.
The proposed start date is still 1
September 2008. Funding discussions and activity
continues…
Best regards,
Amanda
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Subject: National TKN ILL Resource Sharing
project -- update
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for participating in the
first collaborative project of the regional TKNs! This
is the first step toward a true National Transportation Knowledge Network
project – we should all be proud. Our community has already demonstrated a
strong commitment to collaboration and support to provide the best services for
our users; this project will help us tell that
story.
I would like to send a special
thanks to the Transportation Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Study members and
staff who have provided funding to make this pilot project
happen.
Also, thank you to each of the TKN
chairs for their considerable contributions to this
project.
Just a few updates on the project
status:
1. Our advertised start date for
this project was today, 1 August 2008, but we’ve experienced a delay in getting
funding. We hope to have everything in place by no later than 1 September 2008 –
please stay tuned.
2. NTL has a new web page for this
project containing basic guidelines and outlining the eight (8) metrics we will
be collecting for this project. I will send the URL to you next week (we’re
tweaking the content from comments from the TKN chairs). The point is to collect
information on how much resource sharing is happening between TKN libraries,
document methods we use to exchange information (electronic delivery vs. hard
copy exchange), and examine reasons why requests go
unfilled.
3. For those not using OCLC for
ILL: NTL has
developed an ILL request web form that will email your request to your selected
lending library.
4. How the defrayed cost shipping
works: you will be given a FedEx account number to use when shipping or
returning items to other TKN libraries.
Again, the project site I will send
next week provides further information on the ILL form, guidelines and metrics.
If you have any questions about what’s there or the project, please don’t
hesitate to contact your TKN chair or me.
Happy
Friday,
Amanda
--
Amanda J.
Wilson
Director, National
Transportation Library
U.S. Department of
Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave,
SE,
E32-105
Washington, DC 20590
(202)366-2480
(202)731-1804
mobile
amanda.wilson [at]
dot.gov
http://ntl.bts.gov
