[Web4lib] Libraries: Standing at the Wrong Platform, Waiting for the Wrong Train?

[Pons, Lisa (ponslm)]

Roy is correct. However, just to throw it out, and see what people would think:would it be a service I would pay for? Probably!

Lisa Pons-Haitz

Webmaster
University Libraries
University of Cincinnati
lisa.pons at uc.edu
(513)556-1431

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Roy Tennant
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:38 AM
> To: Web4Lib
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Libraries: Standing at the Wrong 
> Platform,Waiting
> for the Wrong Train? 
> 
> 
> Bill,
> The nuance here is that her request was cancelled by her own 
> library,  
> because it was available locally. Somehow I doubt you photocopy  
> articles out of microfilm for your own patrons, despite the 
> fact that  
> you do it for the patrons of other libraries via interlibrary loan.
> Roy
> 
> On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Drew, Bill wrote:
> 
> > If your request had come to our library, we would have filled it by
> > doing the photocopying of the microfilm .  We do this all of the  
> > time as
> > part of our obligation of being a member of OCLC and a 
> library.  It is
> > too bad that there are many libraries and librarians out 
> there that do
> > not understand the idea of service.
> >
> > Bill Drew
> > drewwe at morrisville.edu
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> >> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Pons,
> >> Lisa (ponslm)
> >> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:21 AM
> >> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Libraries: Standing at the Wrong
> >> Platform,Waiting for the Wrong Train?
> >>
> >> I will de-lurk to throw in a recent experience that might
> >> illustrate this point...
> >>
> >>
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