[Dtb-talk] The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary load

[Grover Zinn]

I wonder to what degree (the answer is totally opaque) this has to do  
with the digital format and agreements with publishers concerning the  
new digital cartridges versus the old tape cassettes?

Just curious.

best

Grover z
Grover Zinn
William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
grover.zinn at oberlin.edu



On Jan 17, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:

> In the past the Association for the Blind of Western Australia would
> get interlibrary loan books from the National Library Service in the
> United States but it looks like that option is no longer available to
> international libraries at this time.
>
> It strike me a pity that in the process of adopting an international
> standard the NLS/LOC appears to have decided to no longer engage in
> international interlibrary loan. So as a result an option once open to
> us is now closed.
>
> See the letter we received when we requested a title below:
>
> ---Start of enclosed letter----
>
> From: Yealuri Rathan Raj [mailto:raj at loc.gov]
> Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 9:33 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Interlibrary Loan
>
> Thank you for your request to borrow digital books.  We are not
> loaning digital books to foreign libraries at this time.
>
> Thank you
>
> Y. Rathan Raj
> Overseas Librarian
> National Library Service for the Blind
> and Physically Handicapped
> Library of Congress
> Washington, DC 20542
>
> ----- End of enclosed letter ---
>
> -- 
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
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> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
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