CASLS+Newsletter+Vol.3+N.13

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Please continue to send me any requests you may receive for titles you need me to get through OCLC. I am only closing the lending part of our service for a few weeks. Sorry for any confusion.

RONDA'S CORNER

I want to dedicate my corner to all you wonderful librarians and aides that help make me look good. I couldn't do what I do without you.

November was a very good month for OCLC Interlibrary loaning. I know this because we just got the bill to pay for this month's service. The invoice started at $115.62. Thanks to your libraries, we loaned out 58 books in November. OCLC gives us $.443 for each book we loan, so we got $25.69 off the bill. I charge libraries that would charge us if we borrowed from them, so we received a $77 credit off the bill for fees. OCLC also give us credit if we delete a title from the catalog that we no longer have in our collection. If you are the only library in the Union catalog shown as owning a title that I ask for, I will go on and delete the holding when you tell me it is no longer in your collection. This month we had six titles deleted @ .20 a title for an additional savings of $1.20. With all was said and done.... we only have to pay $11.73! - a savings of $103.89. This wasn't even our busiest month.

THANKS EVERYONE!!!!

MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS

GRANT OPPORTUNITES

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