Interlibrary Loans Returns and Renewals for Fall 2015

National Cookbook Month & Interlibrary Loan

 by Mary Ellen Valverde (mvalverd@stevens.edu)

Note to reader: although I wrote this blog post in October, I soon realized my post would not be up until November...so hopefully you don’t mind I’m still going to talk about cookbooks especially seeing as Thanksgiving is coming up and the holiday is all about food.  

While I was deciding on my next blog topic, my co-workers informed me that October was National Cookbook Month and I got really excited. Who doesn’t love cookbooks? Okay maybe not all college students do - I don’t think I did much cooking either now that I think about it as I only had enough money to make ramen noodles every night in college. But I’m hoping maybe you’d want to check out some cookbooks and maybe try a few recipes at home for Thanksgiving when your parents are buying the groceries or when you get great jobs and make tons of money.

There’s just something about cooking from scratch that gives me a sense of accomplishment once the meal is finished. Plus, cooking for yourself insures you have the quality of ingredients that you want as well as any substitutions that you may need. Being vegan, sometimes finding a cookbook I can use can be a bit more difficult. I don’t eat any animal products (including dairy and eggs) so I like to find cookbooks that use only the products I do eat. While searching our catalog, I found that our library only owned one vegan cookbook - which wasn’t surprising to me as mine is a very specific topic.

The good thing about our library’s catalog is that besides those from Stevens, it also shows books from other libraries around the country which you can request through Interlibrary Loan. I found a few books that looked interesting and decided to do an Interlibrary Loan to check them out before committing to buy one. One book that I found and heard great things about is Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz -

it’s supposed to be one of the staple cookbooks for vegans. I also am thinking of checking out Vegan Cooking for Carnivores by Roberto Martin to make a few things over the holidays that some of my meat eating family members might enjoy as well.

Finally, don't forget that now is the time to get a book or article from Interlibrary Loan or your final papers. We stop taking new requests by the second week of December in order to ensure delivery, so the sooner you get your request in, the better! Have any questions about ILL? Feel free to contact me!

Interlibrary Loan Holiday Schedule

Please note that Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery services will be operating on limited schedules due to the upcoming holidays. The ILL Department and the Library will be closed from Dec. 22nd through Jan. 2nd. We will process any book or document requests in the order they were received when we reopen January 2nd, 2013. 

ILL BOOK RENEWALS AND RETURNS

If your book is due over the winter break, you must either RENEW your book before DECEMBER 14TH, or return the book before break.

ILL BOOK REQUESTS

Due to the potential for delayed delivery or lost packages during the holiday mail rush, the last day to guarantee delivery for ILL book requests will be DECEMBER 7th, 2012. 

ILL will not process new book requests from Dec. 8th, 2012 to Jan. 2nd, 2013.

DOCUMENT REQUESTS

The last day to guarantee Regular Delivery document requests arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 14th. 

The last day to guarantee Rush Delivery document requests arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 18th.  

ILL will not process new document requests from Dec. 19th, 2012 to Jan. 2nd, 2013.

Interlibrary Loan Holiday Schedule

BOOK REQUESTS - Due to the potential for delayed delivery or lost packages during the holiday mail rush, ILL will not process new BOOK REQUESTS from Dec. 8th, 2010 to Jan. 3rd, 2011.

DOCUMENT REQUESTS - The last day to guarantee REGULAR Delivery documents to arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 15th.

The last day to guarantee RUSH Delivery document requests arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 20th.

Please note: ILL will NOT process new document requests from Dec. 15th, 2010 to Jan. 3rd, 2011.

The ILL Department and the Library will be closed from Dec. 23rd through Jan. 3rd. We will process any book or document requests in the order they were received when we reopen January 3rd, 2011. Please understand that turnaround time for these requests may be a bit longer than our usual turn-around time.

Thank you.

New InterLibrary Loan Policies

The InterLibrary Loan Department of the library is enacting the following new policies, effective immediately. For a listing of all the library's policies, see http://www.stevens.edu/library/about/policies.html.

Late books: Books should be returned by the due date on the ILL book slip. Returning books late jeopardizes our relationship with other lending institutions.

Students: If you do not return the book by the due date you will get 3 emails over a one-week period of time reminding you that your book is late. If the book is not returned by the date indicated in the 3rd email, your student account will be charged a $50 processing fee and a $150 lost book replacement fee. Also, you will be responsible for any late fees incurred from the lending library. If you return the book after the fees have been charged, your student account will be reimbursed the $150 replacement fee. Please be aware that you will not be reimbursed the $50 processing fee. If you are late with an ILL book more than 2 times without contacting us about it, you will lose your ILL privileges.

Books not picked up: ILL books will be at the circulation desk for one week after the arrival notification has been sent, and if they are not claimed during that week, they will be sent back to the lending library. Students will be charged $5 for each book that is not picked up

Recalled books: If a book is recalled by another university, you will be asked to return it to us right away. Since the book is not the property of our library we must abide by the rules of the lending library.

ILL Department Looking For Graduate Student Worker

The SC Williams Library is looking for one graduate student worker for the Interlibrary Loan department. The student must be reliable and detail oriented.
Students that will graduate in December 2010 or later are preferred. Also, students must be available to work during the summer.

We are accepting applications until September 18thth and the position will start on or around September 28th.

Applications are available at the library circulation desk and you may attach a resume to the application. On your application, make a note that this is for the ILL position so that the application is given to ILL. Students MUST fill out an application to be considered for the position. Please do not email resumes to the ILL department.

PLEASE NOTE: Only those selected will be contacted for interviews. We will not be contacting everyone.

Interlibrary Loan Holiday Schedule

Due to the potential for delayed delivery or lost packages during the holiday mail rush, ILL will not process new book requests from Dec. 5th, 2008 to Jan. 4th, 2009.
The last day to guarantee Regular Delivery document requests arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 5th.
The last day to guarantee Rush Delivery document requests arrive before the start of Winter Break is December 16th.
Please note: ILL will not process new document requests from Dec. 16th, 2008 to Jan. 4th, 2009.
The ILL Department and the Library will be closed from Dec. 19 through Jan. 4th. We will process any book or document requests in the order they were received when we reopen January 5th, 2009. Please understand that turn around time for these requests may be a bit longer than our usual turn around time.
Thank you.

POSTITION FILLED - ILL Dept Looking for Grad Student Worker

THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.

The SC Williams Library is looking for one graduate student worker for the Interlibrary Loan department. The student must be reliable and detail oriented.

Students that will graduate in December 2010 or later are preferred. Also, students should be available to work during the summer.

We are accepting applications until December 5th and the position will start January 5th. You must be available January 5th for training.

Applications are available at the library circulation desk and you may attach a resume to the application. On your application, make a note that this is for the ILL position so that the application is given to ILL. Students MUST fill out an application to be considered for the position. Please do not email resumes to the ILL department.

PLEASE NOTE: Only those selected will be contacted for interviews.

New Online ILL Document Request Form for Students

Attention all students: Getting articles & documents from outside of Stevens just got a lot easier. Interlibrary loan documents can now be requested online through the library’s website. Students can use their campus wide ID and log into our system. The fee for each document request will be taken from your student account. (Up until now, you had to fill out a paper form and bring it with your payment to the Circulation Services desk).

Before submitting your request, please make sure that the library does not already own the document you need. Requests will not be filled for items available at Stevens. You may check which journals we have available by using our Full Text Journal Finder and the iLink online catalog or you can use our Multisearch feature for finding specific articles you need.

We hope you will find that faster and easier document requests will help make your research time much more efficient – it’s the latest of many new, interactive tools on the new, streamlined library website.

Any questions can be directed to Mary Ellen Valverde , Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services.

ILL/DDS Department Looking for Student Workers

POSITION FILLED

The SC Williams Library is looking for graduate student workers for the Interlibrary Loan department. Students must be reliable and detail oriented.

Students that will not graduate until May 2009 or later are preferred. Also, students should be available to work during the summer.

We are accepting applications until April 4th and the position will start in April. Those selected will be contacted for interviews.

Applications are available in the library administration offices on the third floor. Please contact Mary Ellen Valverde, Head Librarian for ILL/DDS, at (201) 216-5408 or mvalverd@stevens.edu, for more information.