VIVA’s Interlibrary Loanin the

First Ten Years

Harry M. Kriz

Virginia Tech

Once Upon A Time

“Interlibrary Loan is going to become more important.”

--Eileen Hitchingham, April 1996

Why Go To The Library?

To Get BooksPreferably cataloged and classified books

But,if the library doesn’t have the books you want, what’s theNext Most Important Thing?

Interlibrary LoanOf Course

My Introduction to VIVA ILL

August 6, 1996 ILL meeting at James Madison University

convened by Dennis Robison

I was overwhelmed by good will, cooperation, thanks

My Question

How had the ILL folks kept ILL secret

from me and most of the librarians I had been hanging out with during my first 26 years as a librarian?

VIVA’s Annual ILL Forum

An annual state-wide

ILL Community Forum

where practitioners share the joy

and solve problems before they occur

Where VIVA Borrows FromSource of Borrowing for Each Group - FY 2004

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Total BorrowedOutside VA

858 44,539 10,937

Total Borrowed fromNon-VIVA

783 3,717 1,748

Total Borrowed fromVIVA

4,701 62,127 34,463

2-year 4-year Independent

Where Tech Borrows From - 1

Where Tech Borrows From - 2

Where Tech Borrows From - 3

At Tech, 41% comes from VIVAVirginia Tech Borrowing Sources 2003-2004

Other30%

ASERL19%

DOCPROV4%

VAM6%

VIVA-21%

VIVA-C8%

VIVA-D27%

VIVA-E1%

VIVA-P4%

Other - Libraries not in a groupASERL - ASERL librariesDOCPROV - Document providersVAM - Claude Moore Health Sciences, UVaVIVA-2 - Community collegesVIVA-C - Public comprehensive universitiesVIVA-D - Public doctoralsVIVA-E - Educational & research institutionsVIVA-P - Private, not-for-profit institutions

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Where VIVA Lends ToLending Destinations for Each Group - FY 2004

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Total LoanedOutside VA

2,334 56,495 13,715

Total Loaned toNon-VIVA

2,143 14,973 6,571

Total Loaned toVIVA

3,253 70,389 29,037

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Top 25 lenders to VIVA libraries FY 2004

0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000 20,000 24,000 28,000 32,000

UNIV OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV

VIRGINIA TECH

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

OLD DOMINION UNIV

JAMES MADISON UNIV

UNIV OF RICHMOND

UNIV OF VIRGINIA, MOORE HEALTH SCI LIBR

WASHINGTON & LEE UNIV

RADFORD UNIV

GEORGE MASON UNIV

LONGWOOD UNIV

REGENT UNIV

MARY WASHINGTON COL

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIV

RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COL

LYNCHBURG COL

EMORY & HENRY COL

LIBERTY UNIV

MARYMOUNT UNIV

NORFOLK STATE UNIV

SWEET BRIAR COL LIBR

VIRGINIA MIL INST

UNION PSCE

VIRGINIA STATE UNIV

Loans

Total Loaned to VIVA

Total Loaned to Non-VIVA

Total Loaned Outside VA

How Many Lenders Do We Need?

During the 2004 fiscal year at Virginia Tech:

1,146 lenders supplied 22,492 items

Lenders to Virginia Tech

• 2,650 libraries in 7 years supplied 179,000 books and photocopies

• 566 libraries provided 10 or more items for a total of 95% of borrowed items

• UVa supplied about 22% of all items

Our Library Isn’t Adequate& Neither is Yours

During the 2004 fiscal year at Virginia Tech:

• 413 lenders supported the College of Engineering(718 engineers borrowed 5,100 items)

• 291 lenders supported the 11 customers who each borrowed more than 100 items (3,055 items)

Even More Startling• 1 faculty member required materials from 111

lenders (675 items)• VIVA (50%)

– 6 doctorals (36%)– 6 public colleges (6%)– 11 private colleges (8%)

• 22 ASERL libraries (22%)• 66 additional libraries in dozens of states and

two foreign countries

Where To Now?

• There are no significant VIVA-wide trends

• ILL patterns vary widely, even among libraries of the same type

• Better understanding of ILL depends on comparing data across different institutions

VIVA Total Borrowing byType of Institution

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Is borrowing decreasing

significantly at the 4-year schools?

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Not if you factor out Virginia Tech and George Mason

Total Borrowing by Top Borrowers

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U of Va

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Old Dominion

Warning!

No easy explanations

ILLIs this a great job or what?