[Genealib] Re: OCLC

[Jan Dean]

Wow, Dusty, I had no idea OCLC had so many variables. Thanks for explaining
it and offering the suggestion about requesting to be put on a reserve list
depending on library policy. Since I sent my original email to this list,
Janice Schultz at Mid-Continent responded, and I'm hoping to get the audio
tapes if they are available at Mid-Continent. 

Jan

>OCLC is not necessarily up-to-the-minute in the listings.  Deletions, lost
>or missing items may still be listed and not have been removed until
>another
>update.  Items in branches are listed in the overall system database and
>while they are in the OCLC may not be available for ILL.  Items in the
OCLC
>catalog may not be available for lending because they are reference or new
>or a non-circulating item and that is not indicated in the OCLC listing.
>Sometimes items are placed on reserve if others have them checked out but
>not all of them and not always.  It depends upon the lending library's
>policies; determining those things are a function of both your own
>library's
>ILL office and the lending library's ILL office. Although you might
specify
>in your request that if possible and fitting in with policy, you would
like
>to be placed on a reserve list.
>Many reasons!!
>Dusty Gres
>
>
>Dusty Gres, Director 
>Ohoopee Regional Library System
>Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
>610 Jackson Street
>Vidalia, GA 30474
>PH: (912) 537-9283
>FAX: (912) 537-3735
>EMAIL: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org
>WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org
>"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different
>speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." William James
> 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Jan Dean
>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:58 PM
>To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>Subject: [Genealib] Re: OCLC tapes
>
>A few weeks ago, the librarian at the Mid-Continent Library mentioned they
>have audio tapes they would like to lend. I checked OCLC, found several
>tapes at Mid-Continent I was interested in, and requested them thru my
>library here. Last week, I received email messages from my ILL dept. that
>none of these tapes were available. Can someone please explain why the
>tapes
>are shown in OCLC to be at Mid-Continent, but apparently are not there?
>Also, when a book or tape is requested through ILL and it isn't available
>at
>that time, is it put on some sort of list and then shipped when it's
>available?
>
>Many thanks,
>Jan Dean (who is not a librarian but believes all librarians deserve a
>special place in heaven)