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ILLIAD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE| MARCH 23, 2012
Preserving and Sharing:
Bridging the Gap Between
ILL and Special Collections
Anna Dulin and Ellen Makaravage
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest Overview
• History
– 1834: Founded in
Wake County, NC
– 1956: Relocated to
Winston-Salem, NC
– Private, liberal arts
institution
– Rich Southern
Baptist tradition
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Wake Forest Overview
• Student Population
– Undergraduate
– Graduate
• Colleges
• Degree Programs
• Motto
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Z. Smith Reynolds Library
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Z. Smith Reynolds Library
• People
– Staff
• 26 Librarians
• 26 Staff
• 2 P/T Staff
– 200+ student
assistants
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Z. Smith Reynolds Library
• Collection
– 1.7+ million
volumes
– Print Journals:
4,500+
– Electronic journals:
50,000+
– Database
Subscriptions: 180+
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ZSR Interlibrary Loan
• About Us
– Staff
– Students
– Consortia
• Statistics (2011)
– Borrowing: 7,659
– Lending: 9,145
ZSR Special Collections
North Carolina
Baptist Historical
Collection
– NC Baptist
Repository
– Biblical
Reporter
– 16, 000+ items
– 1,000+
biographical
folders
ZSR Special Collections
Wake Forest
University
Archives
ZSR Special Collections
– WFU Presidents’
papers
– Department, organi
zation & committee
records
– WFU publications
– Biographies &
news files
Rare Books
Collection
ZSR Special Collections
– American, Irish &
British authors
– 18th – 21st century
– NC & regional
emphasis
– Book arts
Manuscripts
Collection
ZSR Special Collections
– Primary source
material
– 500+ collections
– WFU connection
or relevance
History of Interlibrary Loan
& Special Collections
Communications
Receive/Conditional Request
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Copy Pull Slip
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Deliver Request to Special Collections
Find Item
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Wait to decide if item can be copied
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Wait for item to be copied
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Deliver copy
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Missions
Interlibrary Loan
• Share
Special Collections
• Preserve
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Solving the Problem
The First Solution
The Current Solution
• Identified workflow
problems
• Established
effective
communication
• Wanted to:
– Integrate ILLiad
– Incorporate private
request form
• Created an Addon
Get It!
Find It!
Import It!
Request It!
Request It!
Request It!
Send It!
Route It!
Monitor It!
Behind the Scenes
• Addon plugin emails Special Collections & Archives
• Addon plugin feeds request into LibStats and User-
Initiated Scan queue
• SCA staff view UIS queue
– Pull material
– Assess condition
• Scan materials
• Save materials and alert ILL staff
• Retrieve and deliver
Assessment
Pros
• Efficient
• Timely feedback
• Green
• Tracking
• ROI for Special
Collections
Cons
• Don’t see our SCA
friends as often
• Need more information
from borrowing
libraries
• Cloud storage
– Manual notification
– Inconvenient retrieval
Future Solution
• Discovery Tools Addon
– Vufind
– Finding Aids
– D-Space
• Communication with Special Collections
– Practice active listening
– Understand each process/workflow
Questions?
• ILL or Special
Collections?
• Aeon?
• Unique collections?
• Unique challenges?
• Communication
challenges?
• Communication
procedures?