Abstract
Can purchasing articles from publishers be a cost-effective method of interlibrary loan (ILL) for libraries owing significant copyright royalties? The University of Nebraska Medical Center's McGoogan Library of Medicine provides the case study. Completed ILL requests that required copyright payment were identified for the first quarter of 2009. The cost of purchasing these articles from publishers was obtained from the publishers' websites and compared to the full ILL cost. A pilot period of purchasing articles from the publisher was then conducted. The first-quarter sample data showed that approximately $500.00 could have been saved if the articles were purchased from the publisher. The pilot period and continued purchasing practice have resulted in significant savings for the library. Purchasing articles directly from the publisher is a cost-effective method for libraries burdened with high copyright royalty payments.
Highlights
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a resource-sharing practice in which original or copied materials are provided by one library to another at the request of a library patron
DOCLINE membership is free, and most member libraries are affiliated with academic health sciences institutions or hospitals [2]
The average turnaround time for the ILL department at the McGoogan Library in 2010/11 was 37.68 hours for requests filled by other libraries and 19.77 hours for requests filled by PPV purchases
Summary
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a resource-sharing practice in which original or copied materials are provided by one library to another at the request of a library patron. Technologies and techniques for requesting and obtaining ILL materials have obviously changed since the American Library Association codified ILL practices in 1919 [1]. Most requests are submitted through online resource-sharing systems. Many health sciences libraries utilize the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM’s) DOCLINE resourcesharing platform. DOCLINE membership is free, and most member libraries are affiliated with academic health sciences institutions or hospitals [2]. ILL requests are placed on OCLC’s subscriptionbased WorldCat Resource Sharing network [3]
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