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Resource Sharing

As the adage goes, [resource] sharing is caring. Both libraries and their patrons benefit from the sharing of collections, knowledge, and expertise. While the term Resource Sharing can be used to encompass the sharing of many resources, the documentation included below focuses primarily on the sharing of collections, both within the I-Share system and beyond.

I-Share/Alma-specific documentation

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Best Practices and Suggested Workflows (non-I-Share specific)

Open Access and Interlibrary Loan: Open Access (OA) resources provide a wealth of material available for Interlibrary Loan units to fulfill patron requests. While OA materials are freely available to library users, they are often difficult for researchers to easily discover and access. Interlibrary Loan units that develop workflows that incorporate OA resources are able to improve the service they provide.

Sample Workflows for OCLC Lending: Examples of lending library workflows for recording OCLC loans in an ILS.

Resource Sharing Statistics

Note: For I-Share (Voyager) statistics, refer to the Circulation & Universal Borrowing/Interlibrary Loan page, under "Policies & Annual Statistics."

Ways in Which ILL Usage Influences Collection Development Policies and Practices in CARLI Libraries: The CARLI Resource Sharing Committee's annual project for 2017-18 analyzes the ways in which interlibrary loan (usage influences collection development policies and practices in CARLI libraries.

ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Traffic Survey Analysis: FY2012-FY2016: The CARLI Resource Sharing Committee’s annual project for 2016-17 analyzes current trends related to interlibrary loan and resource sharing activities for returnable and non-returnable items in Illinois academic libraries.
 

Resource Sharing Statistics: Navigating the Numbers, Harnessing the Data, OCLC WorldShare and ILLiad

Presented November 9, 2016 by Amy LeFager and Marcella Nowak, co-chairs of the FY17 CARLI Resource Sharing Committee

Slides and Presenter Notes

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Resource Sharing Statistics: Navigating the Numbers, Harnessing the Data for I-Share

Presented 10-26-2016 by Amy LeFager and Marcella Nowak, co-chairs of the FY17 CARLI Resource Sharing Committee

Slides and Presenter Notes

Slides 3 per page

Copyright for Resource Sharing

Presented November 10, 2015 by Janet Brennan Croft, Rutgers University.

Distance Education

Going the Extra Mile: Issues in Resource Sharing for Distance Education Students

Webinar slides

Webinar script

Staff Training and Continuing Education

Resource Sharing Forum 2018 @ Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Using Data to Assess and Communicate Improvements in Resource Sharing

  • Presented March 29, 2018 by Andy Meyer, Head of Electronic Resources and Interlibrary Loan, North Park University

New Tools in Resource Sharing: Keeping up with the Changes

  • Presented November 9, 2017 by Kevin O'Brien, University of Illinois at Chicago's Library of the Health Sciences
  • Webinar slides

Responding To Patron Frustrations in a Resource Sharing Environment

  • Presented December 17, 2014 by Susie Duncan, Central Access Services- Library Operations Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Webinar slides

Student Staff Training in I-Share Libraries