Interlibrary Loan Patron Use Patterns: An Examination of Borrowing Requests at a Mid-sized Academic Library

Bradley P. Tolppanen; Janice Derr

Interlibrary Loan Patron Use Patterns: An Examination of Borrowing Requests at a Mid-sized Academic Library

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

The results of a recently conducted study of interlibrary loan fee-based borrowing requests are presented in this article. The study examined 3,074 borrowing requests completed over a three-year period from January 2007 to December 2009. An analysis of the statistics was made to determine patron behavior in submitting requests and the types of materials being requested.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Mar 1 2010

Keywords

Interlibrary loan
ILL
statistics
usage

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Library and Information Science

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