[Eril-l] Limiting Discovery when library is closed

[Steve Oberg]

Same here, I wrote my previous response too quickly without giving context, which is of course important.

Buddy, like you, we are completely shut down, and I’m glad of that. But we have decided to implement this scanning approach for our own collection with support of the campus administration and with limited staffing. We are not doing any ILL of any kind – this is only for our own print collection and only for our people. But the point is, availability of print material is still important to show in our discovery interface, even if a person can’t physically go and get it.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor and Group Leader for Resource Description and Digital Initiatives
Buswell Library | Wheaton College (IL) | +1 (630) 752-5852
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From: "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb at umkc.edu>
Date: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 4:31 PM
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Subject: RE: [Eril-l] Limiting Discovery when library is closed

Yeah, I should have provided a bit more context in terms of our local situation. All campuses are closed (online-only) until mid-April. So no access to our physical collections at all. Not even scanning. Our ILL department is also forced to cancel tons of requests.

Buddy Pennington
Head of Electronic Resources & Systems (Librarian III)
Miller Nichols Library
University of Missouri--Kansas City
penningtonb at umkc.edu<mailto:penningtonb at umkc.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Limiting Discovery when library is closed

Buddy, Theresa, et al.,

No, because we have implemented an on-demand scanning service for our entire print collection so that students/faculty/staff can request a portion to be emailed to them if desired, with priority given to faculty needing something for supporting their switch to online courses.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor and Group Leader for Resource Description and Digital Initiatives
Buswell Library | Wheaton College (IL) | +1 (630) 752-5852
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Limiting Discovery when library is closed

Interesting idea.  Since about a year ago we've had our default search in our Primo discovery set to what is available full-text online or in print at our library.  Before the emergency we had already noticed a large drop in ILL requests.   Very few people seem to be checking the "Expand Results Beyond Dickinson's Collection" post-search option.  I should note that we are an undergraduate-only institution.

Of course, now we cannot get to our print collection, but we do have large online packages of unlimited ebooks.

Theresa Arndt
Assoc. Director for Library Resources & Administration
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
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Hi all,



I’m wondering if anyone is limiting their discovery service to full-text only during this time when libraries are generally closed and ILL is not really an option. With so much going on right now, we haven’t even thought about this one but it came up today.



Buddy Pennington

Head of Electronic Resources & Systems (Librarian III)

Miller Nichols Library

University of Missouri--Kansas City

penningtonb at umkc.edu<mailto:penningtonb at umkc.edu>

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