[Mcls-print-storage] loan period question

[ScottGarrison@ferris.edu]

Hi everyone,

We're taking a very open and transparent approach to our MI-SPI 
deselection process here, and have deselection lists by subject linked 
from a LibGuide. We're also meeting with deans, chairs (which we tend to 
call "department heads" here), and faculty to explain what we're doing and 
why with book and JSTOR/Sage journal deselection. We plan to proceed with 
deselection this summer, and are giving faculty until the end of this 
semester to justify why we should keep particular books on the deselection 
lists. 

One faculty member has expressed the concern that while they can check out 
a book from our library for a whole semester, they may only be able to get 
a MI-SPI book for 3 weeks with one 3 week renewal via ILL. I've talked 
with Doug a little bit about whether we could standardize loan periods for 
at least MI-SPI books to a semester, for faculty at all MI-SPI 
institutions. I know there are degrees of technical difficulty with doing 
this, but it does seem possible to accomplish. 

I understand these are low-use materials that aren't very likely to be 
requested by ILL, but I can't completely suppress the "what if" part of my 
thoughts. If we don't standardize loan periods, and a faculty member is 
disgruntled at only getting a book for up to 6 weeks, we may see pressure 
to re-buy the book (assuming it's available). One way to handle this might 
be like we handle DDA titles - request it X times via ILL, and on the Yth 
request, we re-buy it. 

I'd appreciate your thoughts on the above.

Scott

Scott Garrison
Dean
Ferris Library for Information, Technology and Education
Ferris State 
1010 Campus Drive, 410A
Big Rapids, MI 49307
voice: (231) 591-3728
fax: (231) 591-3724
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