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ARL/ILL/DD Study

The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) will be participating in "Determining the Performance of ILL/DD Services for BLC Member Libraries"

The BLC will use a modified version of the methodology developed by the Association of Research Libraries for its 2003-04 Assessing ILL/DD Services Study. Data on cost, turnaround time, and fill rate will be captured for mediated and user-initiated services offered by the mail ILL operation of the BLC member institutions. Mary Jackson (ARL) will serve as principal investigator.

The first meeting was held on January 18, 2005 at the Boston Public Library

Timeline for BLC's ARL/ILL/DD study

Tuesday, March 1st – 4 things due: submit to Mary Jackson
  • Mediated ILL/DD General Characteristics Questionnaire
  • Virtual Catalog General Characteristics Questionnaire
  • Mediated ILL/DD Cost Data Worksheets 1-7
  • Virtual Catalog Cost Data Worksheets 1-6
Monday, March 21st – Saturday, April 30th – Turnaround Time data collection

Monday, May 9th – Turnaround Time Summary forms due: submit to BLC office

Tuesday, June 7th – final meeting; review draft reports

Friday, June 10th – final report to BLC office

Tuesday, June 21st – final report and institutional reports due to Board of Directors


 
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Last update: 01/21/05