OCLC Resource Sharing Conference 2019

This session focuses on the STAR Checklist (created and supported by the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative and ALA RUSA STARS) and the RRSI’s Manifesto. These documents offer a vision of best practices and policies that help sustain, reinforce and update interlibrary loan services. Examples of evolving practices and possibilities will be presented - such as facilitating purchases in addition to loans, sharing e-books and AV materials, and allowing longer loan periods and more renewals. There will also be audience discussion about how we can garner support from library administrators, both for efficiently and effectively providing still vital traditional ILL services, as well as how we can facilitate access to information through innovative services. (Spoiler: It is by working together with other libraries, as we always do in ILL, as well as with others in our libraries, that we can best meet the user needs of all members of all of our library communities.) As the RRSI continually rethinks both the Checklist and the Manifesto, we invite all to join the discussion and the effort to shape the future of our work in library information and resource sharing.