Orleans/Niagara BOCES SLS
Interlibrary Loan Procedures

Borrowing:

To locate a book, first try this SLS's Union Catalog:

The MandarinM3 Union Catalog, is located on the SLS web site, just click here .  There is an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form in the software. To get to it, click on "Details" and then again on "Request ILL". The username and password is your school code, in lower case. When filling out the ILL form, be sure to type in your name and school in the "Submitter Name", adjust the "Need by Date" and write any comments you might have in the "Comments" section.

If not available, you have two other catalogs, which are linked to on the SLS website, to try:

The Western New York School Library Systems Catalog: This catalog, which has a link to here and on this website, contains the holdings of most of the school libraries in WNY. It does not yet have an ILL form, so if you see what you would like to borrow please contact the O/N BOCES SLS.

The WNYLRC Virtual Union Catalog which is know as the VDX: This virtual union catalog, which is linked to here and on this website, links you to the actual library catalogs listed. Training on using it to make requests on its' ILL form, is available; just contact the SLS if you would like to be trained. If you just want to look in it for your item and then contact the SLS to arrange for the ILL, that is fine.

If you checked our Union Catalog and could not find the item, then you have the option of sending it to:
Cheryl Hare
1-800-836-7510 ext. 3751
Fax 731-4134
Email sls@onboces.org
If it is not available Cheryl will notify you..  

Periodical requests should be looked for in the Union List of Periodicals which is available on the SLS website.  If not available, please try the VDX or send the request to the SLS.

Listservs:

There are listservs set up to handle subject requests for class projects and also for the elementary level, the ability to request multiple copies. Please click here to review the listserv guidelines.


Lending Libraries:  

If you get a request that was sent specifically to you, and you can not fill it, please reply to the sender and inform them that you can not fill it.  

If you can fill the request, please put it in a red bag, available from the SLS office, or a courier bag or anything else that will provide a safe passage for the items you are loaning, and mark the outside of the envelope/package with the requesting librarian’s or library aide’s name and school.  Place the item in the outgoing BOCES courier box in your school office.  Only send the item to the SLS office if the request is from outside this BOCES area.  

Statistics

School library staff is requested to keep statistics on any item that they borrowed or lent to another school, in this BOCES, in which the MandarinM3 ILL form was not used.  Around June 10th every year, the SLS sends out a count of what we have for individual school libraries’ borrowing and lending for that school year, and ask the library staff to adjust the figures for our statistics.

A new mailbox was set up specifically for Interlibrary loan:  sls@onboces.org .

Molly will be happy to visit any library to demonstrate the SLS MandarinM3 Union Catalog, Western New York School Library Systems Catalog, or the Western New York Library Resources Council Virtual Union Catalog.  Just call her at 1-800-836-7510 ext. 3750 or molly@onboces.org .

12/15/05