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Statewide Interlibrary Loan

requestIT CT

requestIT CT is Connecticut's new statewide Interlibrary Loan service. requestIT is the Interlibrary Loan module in findIT CT, Connecticut's statewide library catalog and both services use FulfILLment open source software.

April 2017: Twenty-five libraries were trained to use the basic ILL system and began using the system to fill legitimate ILL requests.

September 2017: requestIT CT was opened to all libraries in Connecticut that wish to participate starting. We are using the 'basic' ILL system, which allows staff members to place and track ILL requests.   

December 2017: Here's a wrap-up on the training that we offered from September to December 2017:

  • 17 Training sessions
  • 8 Different locations
  • 193 Attendees
  • 133 Libraries represented

We will be offering more requestIT training sessions this coming spring. 

Overview

requestIT CT is the statewide Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service in the findIT CT statewide library catalog. requestIT CT uses FulfILLment open source software. Starting on September 12, 2017, requestIT CT is open to all libraries in Connecticut.

If your library would like to participate in requestIT CT, then please register for a training session. At each session, requestIT CT Coordinator Steve Cauffman will walk you through the basic ILL system. The basic ILL system allows staff members to place requests for patrons. Steve will show you how to place a request and how to update requests so that they make their way through the entire ILL process successfully. Your library will be live on requestIT CT starting with a training session, so you'll be able to go back to your library and begin using the system.

Upcoming Training Sessions

requestIT CT training sessions are hands-on and are 3 hours long. 

Postponed due to weather (will be rescheduled): Wednesday, March 21, 2018
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road, Groton, CT 06340
To register, visit https://cslib.libcal.com/event/3998281

  • More training sessions will be offered in 2018 - please check back...

You only need to attend one training session. 

Registration closes at 4 pm, 4 business days before the date of the class. We have to do some set up in the system before a training session and that takes time so we have to close registration a few days before the class.

Requirements

The following are requirements for participating in requestIT CT and for attending a requestIT CT training session:

  • Submit your library’s holdings to us (if you haven't done so already) so that they can be added to the findIT CT catalog. Ideally your library’s holdings will be in the findIT CT catalog by the time you attend requestIT training.
  • Be willing to lend materials from your library’s collection through requestIT CT in addition to borrowing materials from other libraries participating in requestIT CT.
  • Abide by the Interlibrary Loan Code of the United States (http://www.ala.org/rusa/guidelines/interlibrary) for all Interlibrary Loan requests processed through requestIT CT

Fees

Cost to attend requestIT CT training: Free

Participation Fee: There will be no requestIT CT participation fee through December 31, 2017. We anticipate that we will begin charging for participation at some point in calendar year 2018. We expect that the fee for the first year will be approximately $325 per year, which had been the fee from 2010 for participation in the previous statewide system.

Questions?

Contact Steve Cauffman, stephen.cauffman@ct.gov or 860-704-2223.

August 2017

The requestIT pilot will resume now that new findIT drives have been installed and since the deliverIT suspension is over.

We created a page for requestIT ILL statistics and it is at https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/requestitct/statistics You will see that statistics are low and that's because it's a pilot and only 24 libraries are participating at this time.

Given that August is a popular month for vacations and since some libraries will need time to get used to the new deliverIT parameters, we are going to postpone rolling out requestIT statewide until September. 

June 2017

The requestIT CT pilot that began on April 12 continues. ILL volume is relatively low at this time. Only 24 libraries are participating in the pilot and 2 of those libraries are only borrowing, which leaves 22 lending libraries. New material is not in the findIT catalog yet, which further limits utility of ILL.

Due to the server space issues we plan on delaying the roll out of requestIT statewide ILL and will begin training no earlier than the middle of July. 

April 2017

We are going to begin using the basic ILL system, which allows library staff members to place ILL requests on behalf of patrons. Patron initiated-requesting will be rolled out when we begin using connectors. We don't expect to begin implementing connectors until the fall. We will also have to build/program some connectors and that process will take time.

We put out a call for volunteer libraries to participate in a requestIT CT pilot. During the pilot we will address any questions, refine the training material and process, and take the opportunity to work out any kinks in the system. We planned on 12 libraries participating in the pilot, but we received about 30 responses to the call for volunteers and we are considering allowing more libraries to participate. Libraries participating in the pilot will be trained on April 12 and will begin using the basic requestIT CT system then. If all goes as planned, we'll run the pilot for 6 weeks, open the basic ILL system to all interested libraries, and begin training in June. We expect training on the basic ILL system to continue through September.

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