Inter-Library Loan ( wasRe: Fwd: RE: SC - Portuguese Cookbook)

[Ted Eisenstein]

>And sometimes the local librarian has to ask more than
>one library to borrow said book.  Said book could
>already be circulating, or lost, or on the reserve
>shelf and not available for ILL.  Or some libraries
>are very selective about the kinds of libraries they
>loan out to.  I once had to wait 6 months for a book
>on ILL because the librarian had to go through at
>least 6 libraries before she found one who would loan
>the book out.  Sometimes it just takes time.

Only six months, eh? Four months ago, I was notified by
the university library that a microfilmed thesis, ordered
through ILL, was finally in and did I still want it considering I'd
asked for it three years before?
One wonders.

Alban