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Department:
Interlibrary Loan
Procedure: Proxy Borrowing
Rev. June 2009
Purpose:
This procedure describes how we will implement our Proxy Borrowing policy
Overview:
Proxy accounts are available to faculty who employ assistants who help them place interlibrary loan requests (assistants hereafter referred to as proxy borrowers). This allows the proxy borrowers to request items for faculty members without 1) the faculty member having to share his/her VU username and password with the proxy borrower or 2) the proxy borrower having to request items for the faculty member on the proxy borrower's personal account. The proxy borrower account is the ONLY authorized way for one patron to borrow items on behalf of another patron.
Required Knowledge/Skills:
Knowledge of ILLIAD
Equipment/Supplies:
Networked PC loaded with the above software.
Procedure
1. Patrons wanting to apply for a proxy borrower’s account will fill out a form on our website (http://www.valpo.edu/library/ill/proxyborrower.php) which is e-mailed to ill@valpo.edu
2. Assuming the request meets all of the guidelines normally required for an ILL account (no outstanding fines in Galileoregular library account, current VU affiliate, etc), the Interlibrary Loan Manager (ILLM) will enter the information from the form into ILLiad manually using the “Add New User” option.
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5. Make the expiration date the end of the current academic year, ex. 6/1730/20092025.
6. Once the account has been approved and created, the ILLM will send an e-mail to both the faculty member and their proxy borrower with the username/password and other basic proxy information such as the faculty member is responsible for all charges incurred.
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