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Re: ejournals and ILL

I would take issue with your statement

"While we can appreciate the efficiency of such a system, it effectively changes the definition of Authorized User in our agreement from those within the subscribing institution to anyone anywhere in the world."

Usually only authorized users at an institution can request interlibrary loans through their host institution: ILLIAD and other ILL systems are able to verify users through database matching techniques, thus the ILL transaction is highly unlikely, in my understanding, to be able to take place between a library and anyone anywhere in the world. I would welcome input from those more conversant with ILL systems.

Peter V. Picerno
Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Asst. Head of Resource Development
Green Library
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
ppicerno@fiu.edu


Menefee, Daviess (ELS-NYC) wrote:
In response to Beth Jacoby's question of Feb. 29:

First, I want to assure you that the license you received was current when you received it in October, 2007. Certain changes to the template were made in December and do not affect the ILL clause other than to include book chapters and make certain terminology changes (e.g. eliminating the term Excerpt). We will be happy to work with you to incorporate the new language.

As to why we require printing first (and our understanding is that most publishers also do this), the reasons are fairly simple. First, this is most closely analogous to the traditional and well-understood practices of print, where one photocopies or scans the print. What is received by the requester is about the same quality copy.

Second, we are concerned about those within the ILL community who advocate an unmediated system, where requesters enter their requests electronically and these requests are automatically routed electronically to a library holding the material. The article can be retrieved and returned to the requester without the need for human intervention. While we can appreciate the efficiency of such a system, it effectively changes the definition of Authorized User in our agreement from those within the subscribing institution to anyone anywhere in the world.

Daviess Menefee
Library Relations
Elsevier