Comments on: Interlibrary Loaning http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/03/interlibrary-loaning or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rebekka http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/03/interlibrary-loaning#comment-50283 Rebekka Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:37:30 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=363#comment-50283 Stories like these makes me so grateful that I work at a Danish library. We do have a national catalogue and that makes everything so much easier. Especially because it is set up to facilitate effecient ILL. And I agree with you re: the thrill. Especially if the patron starts out with "You probably can't help me with this" and it turns out that you can. Love that. Stories like these makes me so grateful that I work at a Danish library. We do have a national catalogue and that makes everything so much easier. Especially because it is set up to facilitate effecient ILL.
And I agree with you re: the thrill. Especially if the patron starts out with “You probably can’t help me with this” and it turns out that you can. Love that.

]]> By: Keri http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/03/interlibrary-loaning#comment-50278 Keri Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:25:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=363#comment-50278 I used to work in Massachusetts and while their statewide ILL is awesome, the catalog was SO SLOW. Now I'm in Jersey. JerseyCat is almost as slow but slightly better organized so you don't have to click through as many links to find the right one. Then again, in my new consortium, all holds and requests are placed manually, where in MBLN everything was automated and lovely. I used to work in Massachusetts and while their statewide ILL is awesome, the catalog was SO SLOW.

Now I’m in Jersey. JerseyCat is almost as slow but slightly better organized so you don’t have to click through as many links to find the right one.

Then again, in my new consortium, all holds and requests are placed manually, where in MBLN everything was automated and lovely.

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