January 2012—Access News
OCLC Web Scale Management
If you are interested in learning more about OCLC's Web Scale Management webinars and demos can be found here. The most recent demo was in December.
Resource Sharing News
It's Time to Pay for Copyright
One of the January rituals for interlibrary loan personnel is to pay copyright payments for articles received in the last calendar year.
The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) has developed a set of guidelines to help libraries follow copyright law. These guidelines permit copying during a calendar year of no more than five articles from a single journal title, not owned by the library, dated within the past five years. This is known as the "Rule of Five".
When you go over the "rule of five", library personnel have developed various ways of obtaining those articles. Some purchase the article directly from the publisher which would cover copyright. Other libraries may continue obtaining the article from another library but then it is the borrowing library's responsibility to pay copyright payments to the Copyright Clearance Center for those articles.
Interlibrary loan personnel should develop a procedure to keep track of how many articles they order from each journal every year. You should keep those records for the last three calendar years unless your institution dictates you keep the records for a longer period.
For more information regarding paying copyright, see the following links:
WHITE PAPER Interlibrary Loan: Copyright Guidelines and Best Practices ILL Brochure (pdf)
CONTU Guidelines
Interlibrary Loan FAQs
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (pdf)
- Bob Shaw
Lifehacker tip of the month (Lifehacker)
I have been told that sometimes my emails are confusing or random or too stream-of-consciousness for some. I have been working on it and I think the above tip from Lifehacker is awesome. When unsure of your clarity, read the email out loud. I find it is a good way to catch grammar errors as well. Another email tip I've implemented is waiting a full 24 hours before responding to someone who was less than nice. Putting some distance between yourself and the mean email and then reading your response out loud before sending could make a world of difference!
- Angela Milock
Fourth Midwest Interlibrary Loan Conference!
Friday April 13, 2012, hosted at Loras College, Dubuque, IA sponsored by DALINC (Dubuque Area Library Information Consortium) 4th Midwest Interlibrary Loan Conference 4th Midwest Interlibrary Loan Conference is CANCELED scheduled for April 13, 2012. Due to low interest in presenting sessions it was decided to cancel it. They are hoping to try again in 2013 and 2014. Keep your eye here.
Upcoming Events
Computers in Libraries Conference—March 21-23, 2012
This year the Computers in Libraries Conference will be in Washington DC, March 21-23. From the website: "The conference program is filled with ideas, leading edge practices, tips, and techniques for creating innovative libraries and engaging communities."
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Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. is happy to offer reduced rates to the Computers in Libraries 2012. If you register for CiL 2012 through MLNC, you will receive the special rate of $289 for the full 3-day conference, including Internet@Schools track sessions. Discounts are also available for the Internet@Schools track by itself. Discount rates do not apply to single day registrations or to preconferences. The complete conference schedule including a list of pre-conferences is available at: www.infotoday.com/cil2012.
To receive your discount, you must return your registration with payment directly to MLNC using the form found on our website: www.mlnc.org/services/CiL2012.pdf no later than February 8, 2012.
Contact MLNC Support (support@mlnc.org) or call the MLNC Office (800-969-6562) with questions or for additional information.
Call for Programs—2012 Colorado Interlibrary Loan conference
2012 Colorado Interlibrary Loan conference via Resource Sharing-Group: ILLiad Libraries by Don Pawl
The 43rd annual Colorado ILL conference will take place April 26-27th, 2012 at the Colorado State University-Fort Collins campus at the Lory Student Center. The CO ILL Conference Planning committee has begun to organize the 2012 ILL conference. We are lining up an interesting array of programs and would also like to hear from you. Do you have an idea, process or technique that you have developed locally that supports resource sharing? Is there a topic in resource sharing that you have lots of knowledge or interest in that you would like to share with others? We are looking for enthusiastic presenters who can inspire, teach or inform us about some aspect of resource sharing which we may not have known about. If you are interested in presenting at this conference, complete the call for programs form.
Visit the conference website at: coill.cvlsites.org
Minitex Training Schedule
For course descriptions and registration, go to the Minitex Upcoming Training Sessions
If you have questions about this training, or other issues related to Local Holdings, please feel free to contact: David Linton, Minitex — MULS unit
Minneapolis, MN
linto001@umn.edu
612-624-3360 / 800-462-5348
OCLC Resource Sharing News
OCLC Article Exchange
The experimental Article Exchange (AE) website will expire on January 31, 2012. On Febuary 1st, however, all access to AE will be through either WorldCat Resource Sharing or from the ILLiad addon. Here are some perks of AE:
- Eliminates security issues often encountered when documents are transmitted through email. Files up to 60 MB — including high resolution documents — can be placed on the site for pick-up by library users.
- Supports compliance with copyright guidelines with automatic deletion of files. Viewed files are deleted after 5 days or 5 views and unviewed files are deleted after 30 days.
- Minimizes local technical support because the Web site requires no software download or special arrangements for access through a local firewall.
- Provides platform-independent access from PCs, MACs or any operating system.
Read More in January Access News >>>
Best Practices Webinar: WorldCat Resource Sharing Assessment Tools
Date and time: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 1:00 Central Time; Register>>
RL&LL Resource Sharing Update
Most of you are aware that Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning (RL&LL) has opened a discussion with all types of Wisconsin libraries regarding the revision of the 2005 Resource Sharing Guidelines. This discussion has involved presentations and debate on the current issues facing interlibrary loan at WAPL, RL&LL/WiLS Fall Meeting and most recently, at WLA. The goal is to encourage libraries to lend as freely as possible, within specified Best Practice Guidelines. The previous survey addressed the Guidelines trial at RL&LL as a primary default lender for many Wisconsin libraries. During this test period, we have not been manually referring out-of-state* for the following classifications of items:
- AV
- Current year titles
- In constant demand titles
*"Out-of-state" is defined as outside the boundaries of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
We chose these categories, because requests for these items are often returned unfilled due to the lenders' policies and/or local demand. Although to date, there has been no clear consensus on all three criteria, we have decided to resume out-of-state referrals.
As of Monday, December 19, we will once again begin referring out of state for any request, regardless of format, publication date or current demand.
Finally, the last survey we conducted indicated that an "in constant demand" list, such as the one used by Minitex, would be helpful. (The survey results are attached.) RL&LL would create and maintain such a list. Reviewing this "in constant demand" list before submitting a request would be considered a best practice. This document would be available on the web for easy consultation by front desk staff when creating ILL requests.
RL&LL will begin compiling this list. We hope to have it available for your use in mid-January.
As always, please contact us with any questions or concerns.
ILL Team 888.542.5543 ext. 4
dpirllill@dpi.wi.gov
Vickie Long
608.224.5394
vickie.long@dpi.wi.gov
Christine Barth 608.224.6171
10 ways to create a more productive work environment via Lifehacker10. Use unusual items to better organize your workspace.
9. Implement the reproducible elements of the locations where you're most productive.
8. Put together a work friendly playlist.
7. Organize your daily communication.
6. Organize office drawers by importance for quick access to essential items.
5. Reduce eye strain when staring at a screen all day long (I've been using F.lux for a day or two; I'll update in the next issue about the results)
4. Creatively conceal (or display) your cables.
3. Keep your work files in sync everywhere you go.
2. Automate the opening and closing of your computer apps to remove the waiting time from your workflow. (I'd like to try this on the scanning computers to see if it improves start-up time).
1. Ergonomically optimize your workspace.
You can view the OCLC webinar recording that explains the above features.
- Angela Milock
Fourth Midwest Interlibrary Loan Conference!
Friday April 13, 2012, hosted at Loras College, Dubuque, IA sponsored by DALINC (Dubuque Area Library Information Consortium) Call for Proposals
If you're looking for an opportunity to share what you've accomplished in interlibrary loan or how you've accomplished it, please share your knowledge with others!
Information about the conference including specific information for presenters is available at: www.dalinc.org/midwestill/present.html. Fill out the proposal form and submit to joyce.meldrem@loras.edu by Friday, January 20, 2012, for consideration. The proposals will be blind-peer reviewed and you will be notified of your status by February 10, 2012.
For additional information, check out the conference web site at www.dalinc.org/midwestill
Daniel Boice
dboice@dwci.edu
Divine Word College, Iowa
563.876.3353
ILLiad Conference 2012—March 21-23, 2012The deadline for the call for proposals has passed, but you can still submit proposals for posters until January 9th!
www.atlas-sys.com/conference
Call for Programs—2012 Colorado Interlibrary Loan conference2012 Colorado Interlibrary Loan conference via Resource Sharing-Group: ILLiad Libraries by Don Pawl on 11/9/11 The 43rd annual Colorado ILL conference will take place April 26-27th, 2012 at the Colorado State University-Fort Collins campus at the Lory Student Center. The CO ILL Conference Planning committee has begun to organize the 2012 ILL conference. We are lining up an interesting array of programs and would also like to hear from you. Do you have an idea, process or technique that you have developed locally that supports resource sharing? Is there a topic in resource sharing that you have lots of knowledge or interest in that you would like to share with others? We are looking for enthusiastic presenters who can inspire, teach or inform us about some aspect of resource sharing which we may not have known about. If you are interested in presenting at this conference, complete the
call for programs form.
Visit the conference website at: coill.cvlsites.org
OCLC introduces OCLC WorldShare for better library cooperation and innovation at Webscale
OCLC, together with OCLC Global Council and members, is taking the cooperative's ongoing strategy to help libraries operate and innovate at Webscale to a much broader level with the introduction of OCLC WorldShare, a new platform and a new brand that signals OCLC's commitment to greater collaboration in library service delivery.e knowledge base, as well as discovery services such as WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local.
OCLC is committed to working with libraries to expand the scope and type of partnerships that will be critical for libraries to achieve Webscale.
For more information:
Our Next Steps—OCLC WorldShare
To realize the potential of these opportunities, we are announcing three critical components of our strategy for cooperating at Webscale: the introduction of OCLC WorldShare, our commitment to radical collaboration in library service delivery; the OCLC WorldShare Platform, where libraries can collectively innovate and create library services; and the implementation of data centers that will support OCLC services around the world. Today we are launching the OCLC WorldShare Platform, a shared technical infrastructure that will support a growing number of OCLC services and applications. This platform will enable library developers, partners and other organizations to create, configure and share a wide range of applications that deliver new functionality and value for libraries and their users.
Read More in December 2011 Access News >>>
