4.1 Use an ICT-based library management system proficiently

Table of Contents

1. Automated library management systems
2. The circulation module
3. The acquisitions module
4. The cataloguing and stock management modules
5. Inter Library Loan module
   1. Inter Library Loan procedures
   2. Using Inter Library Loans
   3. Rules governing Inter Library Loans

Inter Library Loan procedures

Before embarking on the ILL procedure, it is always worth double-checking your own library catalogue to verify that the requested item is not actually in your stock. If it is not, your library service will have procurement procedures and appropriate ways of securing the item. For example, this might be purchasing the item, instigating an internal ILL or carrying out an external ILL.

Let us assume that an ILL will be required. The automated library system will allow the following steps to be carried out:

• The initiation of an ILL request
• Tracking the progress of an ILL request
• Informing the borrower of the arrival of an inter-loaned item
• Issuing the inter-loaned item
• Discharging the inter-loaned item
• Recalling an inter-loaned item
• Recording the return of an inter-loaned item to its home library

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