Art Libraries Society of North America 31st Annual Conference
Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland - March 20-26, 2003

Interlibrary Loan Discussion Group

Saturday, March 22
5:00-6:00 PM
Preston Room

Session Recorder: Hannah Bennett, Art Institute of Chicago

Lilah Mittelstadt of the Philadelphia Museum of Art moderated the meeting.

Following introductions of all attendees, the first topic of discussion was RLG’s ILL Manager software.  Dennis Massie of RLG was present and took questions regarding the implementation, support, and use of the software.  By June 30^th, SHARES libraries will no longer be able to borrow materials directly through RLIN.  Many art libraries in SHARES have committed to ILL Manager and plan to install it before the June 30^th deadline.  Dennis mentioned that in addition to searching RLIN via ILL Manager, it was also possible to search and order via OCLC as ILL Manager is Z39.50 compliant.  Dennis announced that in a few weeks’ time there would be an online training forum whereby new ILL Manager users would be able to learn more about the system and raise questions about problems they are having with implementation.  Hannah Bennett shared her experience installing ILL Manager and integrating it into the old borrowing and lending procedures at the Art Institute. 

Other topics briefly discussed were 1) other libraries (not represented at the meeting) who are considering joining SHARES; 2) some shipping issues; and 3) lending and borrowing to and from non-RLG, OCLC libraries.