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This page contains additional, miscellaneous resources for ILL practitioners. If there is something you would like to see included, please contact Kelsey!
ILL 101
IDS regularly hosts a series of trainings at conferences called "ILL 101". These courses cover the basics of borrowing, lending, ILL assessment, and copyright. Recordings from the virtual 2023 OCLC RS conference are now available:
Practical Tips for New ILL Staff
- Recording of " Practical Tips for New ILL Librarians"
At the 2017 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference, Cassie Maringer and Melissa Jackson presented on tips for those new to ILL.
- Practical Tips PDF
A list of tips for ILL practitioners created by Jackson and Maringer.
E-Book ILL Lender Tracker
- E-Book Lender Tracker
A database for libraries to share the specific publishers and e-books collections they are able to lend through inter-library loan. It is managed by the Boston Library Consortium.
Filling difficult Requests
- Audio recording of presentation "Tips & Tricks for Handling Difficult Requests"
This links to the audio recording of a 2018 OCLC Conference presentation called "Tips & Tricks for Handling Difficult Requests," given by Tina Baich, Lapis David Cohen, and Melissa Jackson. They discussed various strategies for filling challenging ILL requests, such as using MARC records, and shared resources for translating citations, figuring out truncated journal titles, and tapping into open access.
Alphabet Soup: Resource Sharing Terms & Definitions
- Glossary
The Resource Sharing community has many terms and acronyms that can be overwhelming to newcomers. This glossary identifies major vendors / tools and provides definitions of many common resource sharing terms. Definitions include links to more information when possible.
International ILL Toolkit
- Toolkit Link
A crowd-sourced resource to facilitate international ILL. It includes: a list of different lenders across the world, tips and tricks for international ILL, and request templates in different languages.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
- Making Library Materials Available in Accessible Formats via Inter-library Loan
A document from OCLC Shares outlining best practices and copyright basics for accessibility. It also touches on the equipment commonly used in ILL departments to create accessible materials.
- Presentations on Accessiblity/Print disabilities
Two presentations from the 2023 NWILL Conference focusing on adding accessibility measures to ILL workflows.
- DEI, ILL, and a Call to Action
A presentation from the 2021 NWILL Conference by staff at the University of Missouri-Kansas City library. The presentation touches on the ILL department's efforts to address racism and inequity in their library and resource sharing practices.
OCLC Interlibrary Loan Cost Calculator
- ILL Cost Calculator
A tool from OCLC that lets you estimate the costs of inter-library loan at your library. You can also compare your costs to other libraries.
Licenses
- Liblicense
This site includes resources related to content licenses. The site includes a discussion forum, information on different licenses, and definitions of clauses that often appear in contracts. This is not intended as a replacement for legal advice.
- RUSA Model ILL Clause
RUSA STARS has created a sample clause to use when negotiating inter-library loan rights with content vendors.