I believe that this is part of the copyright law or the interpretations of that law. You are not supposed to request more than three articles from the same periodical.
Beverly Rubenstein
MD Attorney General's Office
brubenstein@oag.state.md.us
>>> Mary Persyn <Mary.Persyn@valpo.edu> 04/26/04 11:27AM >>>
This is off the top of my head. My ILL person isn't in her office at
the moment.
I believe that it is an ILL rule that if you borrow 5 times, including 5
different articles from the same periodical title, you should buy the
item. There are people on the list who should know for sure.
Mary
Mark Kloempken wrote:
>Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
>I have been asked about a rule or perhaps a custom whereby if a library
>borrows via interlibrary loan the same book 3 times, then they should
>purchase the book. Does anyone remember a custom or rule such as this?
>
>Mark Kloempken
>Public Services Librarian
>(314) 935-7124
>kloempkm at wulaw dot wustl dot edu
>
>
>
-- Mary G. Persyn 219-465-7830 Associate Dean for Library Services School of Law Library Valparaiso University 656 S. Greenwich St. Valparaiso, IN 46383 Mary.Persyn@valpo.edu Fax: 219-465-7917
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