[Genealib] Interlibrary loan of genealogy books

[Elaine Hayes]

I have borrowed some wonderful books from the Mid-Continent Public Library.  Thanks for that service, Janice.  Everyone should go look at their extensive circulating collection immediately (link below).
 
The Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming will copy anything that doesn't violate copyright restrictions for $2.00 per request plus 10 cents per page.  I mail most requests but will fax or scan in and email under about 10 pages if requested.  I send the (usually small) invoice with all mailings, emails or faxes.  There is an additional charge for a long distance fax.  I almost always get paid and frequently the patron sends the library a donation of a little (or a lot) extra. 
 
I loan books for free within the state of Wyoming and charge $18 for out of state requests.  That's enough to discourage most out of state requests but not too much for those who really need something.  I ask the out of state loan requesters to go through a local library of some kind.  
 
Of course I won't lend everything.  Books frequently used by my patrons, indexes to multi-volume sets, things that are really valuable, really rare or in poor condition aren't loaned.
 
For some reason I fairly regularly get requests for family histories that are available in full text on Heritage Quest.  Then I usually just tell the patron or library ILL person where to get it and download it themselves (for free).
 
Elain
 
Elaine Jones Hayes
Special Collections Librarian - Family & Local History
Assistant Manager - Reference Services
Laramie County Library System
2800 Central Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
ehayes at lclsonline.org 
307-634-3561 x132


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>>> "Janice Schultz" <JSchultz at mcpl.lib.mo.us> 6/12/2007 7:35 AM >>>
    John, 
      Mid-Continent Public Library has a  circulating collection.   We will interlibrary loan them    See the following link:    http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/heartland.htm   
      We will also interlibrary loan microfilm to  in Missouri and also libraries in Kansas which are a part of  
          
        Janice Schultz
    Genealogy Librarian
      jschultz at mcpl.lib.mo.us   
    Mid-Continent Public Library
    Genealogy Branch
    317 W. 24 Highway
    Independence MO 64050
      http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us ( http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/ )   
    Phone: (816) 252-7228
    Fax: (816) 254-7114
    Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions express are personal
        
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      From:   genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on  of John LaMont 
  Sent:   Mon 6/11/2007 6:14 PM 
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  Subject:   [Genealib] Interlibrary loan  genealogy books 
    

      
  I'm giving an Interlibrary loan presentation later this week and  curious to know what type of ILL policies other genealogy libraries have in    Do you loan your genealogy books, and if so, do you have any  
  
As an example, we will typically loan family and local  but will only photocopy pages from record indexes and abstracts.    also have restrictions based on condition, size, and multi-volume  
  
Thanks for your time. 
  
John LaMont 
Librarian -  
History, Travel  &  Maps 
The Seattle Public  
  
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