National TKN Resource Sharing Network Project
When a transportation library belongs to a sharing network, more
people find the information they need, loan requests are distributed
more evenly across multiple libraries, and all libraries involved
realize increased collection use. Increased resource sharing through
formalized library-to-library sharing arrangements is one reason
regional transportation knowledge networks (TKNs) formed. The NTL and
leaders of the regional TKNs seek to elevate the state of the practice
of resource sharing through automated software, documented procedures,
and more formalized communication among participants. The regional TKNs
are thus engaging in their first national TKN project, forming a
National Resource Sharing Network of nearly 50 transportation libraries
and information centers.
Project Contributors
Without the following contributors, the NTKN National Resource
Sharing Network would not be possible:
The pilot phase of this project (1 September 2008 – March
31, 2009) was made possible by a grant from the Transportation
Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Study.
Two of the largest transportation libraries in the United States
are true net lenders – they almost never borrow and almost always
lend. Northwestern
University Transportation Library and the Institute
of Transportation Studies Library at the UC Berkeley have each agreed to
contribute to the success of this project by making significant
contributions:
- Northwestern University Transportation Library will lend any
item to any transportation library.
- Institute of Transportation Studies Library at UC Berkeley is
a lender for unique items in their collection.
The VDOT
Research Library has created a TKN ILL Library Catalog using VDOT
OneSearch federated search tool specifically for this project to assist
those libraries not in OCLC.
View TKN
participating libraries (Please be sure to use the TKN ILL form
for libraries who are not lenders in OCLC or libraries not using OCLC).
Borrowing Guidelines
OCLC users:
- Use OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing to place and respond to all requests.
- List as TKN request in the Borrowing Notes field.
- Identify TKN library affiliation.
- Display holdings by LSTR group to limit lenders to NTKN resource sharing participants
NOTE: contact Jennifer Boteler, FHWA Library, for
assistance using LSTR to request materials
- Use the TKN ILL
Request Form to request items from a library not in OCLC.
Non-OCLC users:
- Search for
requested item in the TKN ILL Library Catalog (user name: VDOT;
password: library)
- Identify a TKN library
that has the requested item and use the TKN ILL
Request Form to request the item from that library
- NB: Select Institute of Transportation
Studies Library at UC Berkeley if they are the only library that holds
the item.
- NB: Northwestern University Transportation
Library will lend any item to any library.
- If the TKN library cannot supply the requested item, repeat
Steps 1 and 2 to request the item from another TKN library.
- If no TKN library has the item, search WorldCat.org
and use the ALA
Interlibrary Loan Request Form to request the item from a non-TKN
library.
Please contact your TKN chair if you need assistance.
Lending Guidelines
OCLC users:
- Use OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing to place and respond to all
requests possible.
- Check your email daily for requests sent from the TKN ILL
Request Form (subject: TKN ILL request)
- To fill the request: respond directly to the
requestor that you are filling it and specify how (e.g., email, fax,
mail)
- If you cannot fill the request: respond
directly to the requestor that you are unable to supply the item.
Non-OCLC users:
- Check your email daily for requests sent from the TKN ILL
Request Form (subject: TKN ILL request)
- To fill the request: respond directly to the
requestor that you are filling it and specify how (e.g., email, fax,
mail)
- If you cannot fill the request: respond
directly to the requestor that you are unable to supply the item.
Please contact your TKN chair if you need assistance.
Metrics
Monthly statistics on borrowing and lending for each
participating library will be collected. If needed, use this statistics log
to track your ILL transactions for each month.
The following metrics should be collected and emailed monthly to the NTL:
Please enter the total number if items requested during the
month.
Borrowing
Service |
Monthly Tally |
Total Number Requested (all libraries): |
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Total Number Received (all libraries): |
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Number Requested from TKN
Libraries: |
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Number Received from TKN
Libraries: |
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Please enter the total number if items lent during the month:
Lending
Total Number Lent (all libraries): |
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Number Lent by TKN: |
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ETKN: |
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MTKN: |
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WTKN: |
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Number Lent To TKNs by Method: |
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Mail: |
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Unfilled Requests (all libraries): |
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Total Unfilled (all libraries): |
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Unfilled Requests by Reason (all libraries): |
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at bindery: |
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checked-out: |
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not on shelf/missing: |
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non-circulating: |
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poor condition: |
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not owned/withdrawn: |
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not found as cited: |
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volume/issue not yet available: |
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other: |
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