Becky Imamoto (speaker)

1. 2013 Charleston Conference
Becky Imamoto Humanities Librarian, University of California Irvine Libraries, rimamoto@uci.edu

2. Next Gen ILL – a series of
small pilot projects that
could add value for our
patrons while potentially
saving time and money for
the Libraries.
Taken from http://www.thepastonaplate.com/2011/09/peach-crisp-and-murder.html

3.  July 2011 – Viewed 500
randomly selected previous ILL
book requests
 Looked them up in YBP, Coutts,
Amazon, and Abe Books
 76% were available for
purchase
From Microsoft Word Clip Art

4. • $50 price cap.
• Open to all UCI-affiliated patrons.
• Purchased 78 titles for a cost of
just over $2,100.
Delivery Time
Cost of Loan /
Purchase + Shipping
Cost of Staff Time
Total Cost Per
Item
Traditional ILL
13 days
$5.40
$21.00
$26.40
Next Gen ILL
7 days
$28.02
$3.00
$31.02

5. Staff-mediated
request
(ILL)
Pilot #3
Available for
purchase (ACQ)
Not Available for
Purchase (ACQ)
Item is purchased
(ACQ)
Change Status to
“Cannot fulfill
request” (ACQ)
Catalog record is
created (ACQ)
Physical item is
minimally
processed (ACQ)
Status changed to
“shipped” (ACQ)
Put on shelf for
patron pick-up or
delivered (ILL)
Request from
other libraries
(ILL)

6. When
item is
returned
Item returned by
patron
Sent to Acquisitions
after checked in
(Circulation)
Item reviewed
(Collections)
Item kept is given
complete catalog record
processing (Cataloging)
Item shelved
(Access Services)
Item not being kept is
sold at book sale or sent
to campus salvage (ACQ)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/2485059790/

7. Delivery Time
Cost of Loan / Purchase +
Shipping
Cost of Staff Time
Total Cost
Traditional ILL
13 days
$5.40
$21.00
$26.40
Next Gen ILL
8 days
$65.48
$7.14
$72.62
• Purchased 195 books. (Additional 139 reviewed but were unavailable for purchase.)
• Bibliographers elected to add 84% of these titles to the collection.
http://emmarevolutions.blogspot.com
http://de-lo-mio-mucho.blogspot.com
http://wefancybooks.blogspot.com
http://www.coupondad.net

8. Call # Subject
# of titles
Call # Subject
M
Music
2
N
Fine Arts
19
P
Languages & Literature
27
# of titles
B
Philosophy, Psychology,
Religion
17
D
History of Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia, NZ, etc.
13
E
History of the Americas
2
Q
Science
10
F
History of the Americas
2
R/W
Medicine
3
G
Geography, Anthropology,
Recreation
2
T
Technology
7
H
Social Sciences
18
U
Military Science
3
J
Political Science
3
Z
Bibliography, Lib. Sci.,
Information Resources
5
K
Law
2
Blank
No call number provided
28
L
Education
2

9.  E-Preferred
 No longer include foreign language
titles
 Price cap of $350
 No longer including bibliographer
review; every title automatically
added to the collection
 Have begun exploration of pay-per
articles instead of borrowing articles

10. Revised
workflow
with
e-books
Staff-mediated request
(ILL)
Check if item available for
purchase (ACQ)
Yes, in e-book
(ACQ)
No e-book, but yes
print (ACQ)
Item is purchased
(ACQ)
Item is purchased
(ACQ)
Catalog record is
created (ACQ)
Catalog record is
created (ACQ)
E-book is activated (ACQ)
Change Status to “Cannot
fulfill request” (ACQ)
Request from other
libraries (ILL)
Physical item is minimally
processed (ACQ)
Status changed to "shipped"
and cataloged. Permanent
URL added to Public Note in
VDX (ACQ)
Not Available for
Purchase (ACQ)
Status changed to
“shipped” (ACQ)
Patron is emailed
link (ILL)
Put on shelf for
patron pick-up or
delivered (ILL)
http://ebookreadersoftware.wordpress.com/tag/publish-ebooks/

11. -Becky Imamoto
rimamoto@uci.edu
Other members of UCI’s Next Gen ILL
Team:
Kristine Ferry, kferry@uci.edu
Gerry Lopez, galopez@uci.edu
Sheila Morrissey, smorris@uci.edu
Keith Powell, kpowell@uci.edu