In the Beginning…There was Interlibrary Loan!

20 Years of Making the Virtual a Reality

ILL Community Forum July 11, 2014Kathy Perry

VIVA Director

And, in the very beginning, there was Dennis Robison

Interlibrary Loan over the YearsFunds

• Staffing • Ariel Software (Versions 1-4)

• First Purchase and First Cost Savings of $60,000 for VIVA in 1994• 2 PC workstations for publics through ETF in 1994-96

• one for ILL and one for public workstation in reference• Fiche to Fiche Copiers (12) in 1995• ILL Expedited Delivery Funds

• Funds for public institutions began in fy1996)• Included funds for the private schools in since fy2005

Policies• Tier Groupings• Ariel Protocols• Interlibrary Loan Guidelines (reviewed annually)

Fed Ex Contract (1996-1998)ILL Community Communications

• ILL Workshops and Training• ILL Listserv• ILL Website • ILL Community Forum

January 11, 2000 Forum“While the use of available technologies such as Ariel software and the OCLC interlibrary loan subsystem have assisted in the success of VIVA interlibrary lending, the primary reason for this success has been the interlibrary loan personnel at VIVA member libraries, who are committed to providing excellent service.”

--Dennis Robison, January 20, 2000VIVA Interlibrary Loan Forum; Report and Recommendations

Key RecommendationsAnnual Meeting

Held centrallyFund attendees from public and private VIVA membersBegin in summer 2000

Training and MentoringReview VIVA Interlibrary Loan

Guidelines Annually

VIVA ILL 1996-201419

95-9

619

96-9

719

97-9

819

98-9

919

99-0

020

00-0

120

01-0

220

02-0

320

03-0

420

04-0

520

05-0

620

06-0

720

07-0

820

08-0

920

09-1

020

10-1

120

11-1

220

12-1

320

13-1

4 -

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

Privates

Public 2-Year

Public 4-Year

Over 2 million items loaned within VIVA!

What’s New with Resource Sharing? ILL Stats for FY14 • In-Group Lending Stats Available• Expedited Delivery Funds Distributed

Soon

Universal Borrowing Pilot Pilot Program, September 1, 2013 – July 9, 2014 35 out of the 73 VIVA institutions participated

• 5 out of 6 public doctorals • 7 out of 9 public comprehensive, • 6 out of 23 public two years (one as borrower only) • 17 out of 32 private institutions (one as borrower only)

http://www.vivalib.org/borrowing/index.php No requests for funds to replace lost books Survey conducted

• 25 of the libraries responded to the survey• No negative experiences with the pilot

Universal Cooperative Borrowing

Steering Committee voted to end the pilot Continue it as an ongoing project

renamed: Cooperative Borrowing Project is voluntary Participants = both Borrowers and Lenders Opt in Period each year

What’s New with Collections? No New Funds from General Assembly

for fy15 There will be cuts Cancellation Guidelines• Minimize the Impact• Content over Convenience• Vendor Performance, Licensing, and Pricing• Content over Indexing• Control Overall Spend in the Commonwealth

What’s New with Collections? e-books!

Elsevier 2014 frontlist e-books Springer 2014 frontlist e-books

4 collections: a) Behavioral Science (public & privates)b) Biomedical Science (publics)c) Computer Science (publics)d) Earth and Environmental Science

(publics) e-ILL at the chapter level

Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA)

Pilot: May 2013 – July 2014 All publics and 12 privates Profile: recent STEM-H The concept: ebook titles are added

to catalogs. All participants can access these titles during the pilot. Enough use in 1 title will generate a purchase of that title – all participants will have perpetual access.

www.vivalib.org ILL

Celebrating VIVA: 1994- 2014Thank you to our Sponsors:Gold

Gale ProQuest Wiley

Silver

American Chemical Society American Psychological Association EBSCO Information ServicesElsevierOvid Technologies Springer

Bronze

American Association for the Advancement of ScienceIEEE Mergent Nature OCLCOxford University Press