Nylink is pleased to share the news that our partner, Atlas Systems, developers of the Ares e-reserve management system, have recently made it possible to automatically cross-check your permission requests that are stored in Ares with titles covered under Copyright Clearance Center’s Annual Copyright License. To celebrate this expanded copyright management functionality, Atlas has announced a special promotion.  Through August 1, 2009 receive the first year of your Ares software subscription and server hosting at no cost when you purchase or renew your Annual Copyright License. 

Visit www.atlas-sys.com to sign up for a web demonstration of Ares or contact ares@atlas-sys.com for more information.  If you are attending ACRL, you can stop by the Atlas Systems booth, # 435, to learn more about Ares and this new integration with the Annual Copyright License.   

CCC will also be exhibiting at ACRL in booth #519. If you are interested in more information on the Annual Copyright License contact Chuck Hemenway by email at chuck@copyright.com.

Nominations are being sought for the Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Awards. This award, now in its second year, recognizes and honors an individual or institution for changes they made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium, state or country.

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards consists of a $1,000 cash award and a citation. In 2009 Rethinking Resource Sharing expects to make up to three awards.

Additional information about this award is available at:

http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation.html

Are you planning to attend ALA Midwinter? If so, there are many resource sharing meetings, programs, and activities planned. Here is list of some of the sessions that you may wish to attend:

RUSA Stars (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) has scheduled a variety of events at ALA Midwinter. These include an all day pre-conference, an ILL discussion group, a hot topics discussion group, a membership social, and meetings on the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative. For a schedule of RUSA Stars activities, go to:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/stars/index.cfm#midwinter

While visiting the exhibits, you may also want to stop by the Atlas Systems booth. Atlas will be in Booth #2514. The Atlas staff would be happy to talk with you about ILLiad, Aeon and Ares. A representative from Nylink will be at the Atlas booth on Saturday, January 24 from 10:00-11:00AM, so stop by and say hello.

In addition, Atlas is hosting the first Atlas Systems Users Meeting on Saturday, January 24 in Room #703 at the Convention Center.

• The Ares Users Meeting will run from 4:00-4:45 PM
• The Aeon Users Meeting will run from 4:45-5:30 PM

Attend these meetings and learn in-depth details about current releases, future release plans, and general product information.

In addition, ILLiad users can learn all about ILLiad 8.0 on Saturday, January 24 from 8:00-10:00AM in Room #108 at the Convention Center

OCLC is scheduling a variety of meetings and information sessions at ALA Midwinter. Topics include:

• ILLiad 8.0: Maximizing the New Interface
• The New Policies Directory and WorldCat Registry Update
• OCLC ILLiad for Prospective Users
• OCLC Resource Sharing Users Group Meeting

For more information, or to register any of these OCLC meetings, please go to: www.oclc.org/info/ala.

The Copyright Clearance Center now offers colleges and universities an annual copyright license.  The Annual Copyright License allows the reuse of text-based copyrighted content within higher education institutions.  Educational uses include:

• Coursepacks—paper and electronic
• Class handouts
• Library reserves—traditional and e-reserves
• Electronic course content

The annual copyright license does not include documents received through interlibrary loan.

Additional information is available on the Copyright Clearance Center website:

http://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=ac12

Many ILL offices close during the holiday season both so that materials don’t get lost during a busy period for the mail, and because of special holiday hours and staff vacations.

Libraries may now set their own supplier/non-supplier status using the ILL Policies Directory. Here are instructions:

1. Log into the Policies Directory at http://illpolicies.oclc.org/
2. Click on the My Units link in the black border at upper right.
3. Click the Change Supplier Status button.
4. Click on Change, to the right of the OCLC Supplier field.
5. In the Dates fields, you may either type in the dates or click on the calendar icon to specify the date range.
6. Click on Save after entering the dates.

Changes entered before midnight will be made the following day. Only one date, or date range, can be entered at a time.

Please note that the online form in the ILL Policies Directory may be used only for supplier status requests for periods of up to 184 days. If you are becoming a non-supplier for more than 184 days, please contact Jon Penn at Nylink (pennj@nylink.org).

We are pleased to announce a new LAND (Libraries and Nylink Deliver) participant effective November 17, 2008.  City College of New York (CUNY) has added a second location — the Center for Worker Education Library.

When addressing materials for this library please include the “Center for Worker Education” on the label. This will help the courier distinguish between the two City College Libraries.

CUNY - City College of New York (ZXC)

Center for Worker Education Library

25 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10004

Thanks you for your continued support of the LAND service.

Registration is now open for the FREE “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL” workshop presented by RUSA STARS at ALA Midwinter. This workshop will take place from 8:30-12:30 on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus. There is no charge to attend and refreshments will be served.

This system-neutral workshop will cover best practices in resource sharing, address ways you can best serve your users, and provide an excellent overview of the resources and support available to ILL practitioners. Whether you’re new to resource sharing or have been providing services for years, this workshop will help you to reconsider your approaches, make decisions about user services, define best practices, and introduce you to ways you can best contribute to the resource sharing community while reflecting your own library’s mission.

The knowledgeable instructors are Cyril Oberlander (borrowing), Karen Janke (lending), Cindy Kristof (copyright), and Collette Mak (standards and resources).

Please register online at: http://www.bcr.org/STARS-preconference/ by January 16, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Bean at mbean@uoregon.edu.

Thank you to BCR and OCLC for sponsoring this no-charge workshop. We are also grateful to the University of Colorado, Auraria Campus for providing facilities.

On November 4, 2008, OCLC issued its revised policy statement regarding the use of bibliographic records from WorldCat, entitled the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records. This policy will replace the current Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records which has been in effect since 1987. The new policy is scheduled to become effective mid-February 2009.

Links of interest:

Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records (the current policy)
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm

Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records (the new policy)
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/policy.htm

Summary
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/default.htm

OCLC’s FAQ
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/policy/questions/default.htm

Proposal for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records: https://www3.oclc.org/app/worldcat/recorduse/

Blogwatch on this topic:

Terry’s Worklog (Terry Reese’s blog on his work and sundry other topics): http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/blog/

Metalogue (hosted by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services for OCLC): http://community.oclc.org/metalogue/archives/2008/11/notes-on-oclcs-updated-record.html

If you have concerns that you would like to discuss with Nylink, please contact Lauren Pinsley, Nylink’s OCLC Services Manager,  pinsleyl@nylink.org or (800) 342-3353 or (518) 443-5444.

For general information, visit the OCLC Web site or call (800) 848-5878.

The WorldCat Resource Sharing User Guide is now available online. This document is a complete resource for information on all aspects of resource sharing and interlibrary loan procedures through OCLC’s WorldCat Resource Sharing system. Topics covered by the Guide include:

• The Basic Interlibrary Loan Cycle
• Access and Authorizations
• Additional Loan Cycles
• OCLC Policies Directory
• OCLC ILL Fee Management Service
• Creating ILL Requests
• Choosing Lenders
• Completing a Loan Cycle
• Printing from Request Manager

The WorldCat Resource Sharing User Guide is available in PDF format at:
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/resourcesharing/using/userguide/WCRS_UserGuide.pdf

The American Library Association is seeking nominees for the tenth annual Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian award. This award recognizes and honors a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery, through publication, during the previous two years, of significant professional literature, participation in professional associations, and/or innovative approaches to practice in individual libraries.

The candidate must have been employed in a library and held some responsibility for his/her institution’s interlibrary loan, document delivery, or resource sharing services at the time the contribution being honored was made. Contributions supporting a nomination must have occurred during the two years prior to the nomination deadline. The candidate’s achievement must be demonstrated in at least one of the following areas:

1. Planning and implementing an innovative or pioneering approach to ILL/document delivery service that is recognized as a model on a regional or national level.
2. Notable publication (article, book, or conference paper) deemed significant in the literature of the field.
3. A record of sustained, recognized, and exceptional participation in regional, national, or international associations devoted to the promotion of ILL/document delivery in a library environment.

Nominations take the form of a letter which includes a formal statement of nomination with a rationale for the nomination. Also include a resume of the candidate’s career and achievements, as well as contact information for the nominee.

The award consists of $2,000 plus a citation. Again, the deadline is Monday, December 15, 2008, so nominate yourself or your colleagues now! This is your opportunity to honor a colleague or co-worker. Please submit nominations by e-mail, fax, or snail mail to:

Cherie’ L. Weible
Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery/Associate Professor of Library Admin.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
128 Main Library; MC-522
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-9907 (voice)
cweible@illinois.edu

Additional information about the Boucher award is available at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/archive/rusaawards/virginiaboucher.cfm