These are still held behind the Lending Desk.

They will not appear on the Requester’s Library Record – nor will a Hold Notification appear.

Interloaned theses are different to Theses from the University of Canterbury Library storage collection of master copies – except in very rare cirmcunstances ref. only theses on interloan are NOT required to be consulted in a supervised reading room. If those restrictions have been imposed by the supplying library then the Interloans Team will have communicated that to the requester and they should go straight to Level 3 and not to the Lending Desk. In case requester’s get confused, and to make things clear for desk staff, Interloans staff will have put a marker on the Hold Shelf with requester, item and location information for lending staff.

So – please always check the Reference Only shelf for any user coming to the desk to collect their interloan – regardless of whether a Hold Notification appears or not. No Hold Notification will appear for copies that are being collected also – these will be on the Reference Only shelf waiting to be collected. Thanks Janice jff23

Some time ago the Christchurch City Library and the University of Canterbury Central Library confirmed a previously informal arrangement where borrowed items ‘inadvertently’ returned to the wrong library would be sent back to the correct library in the post. Here at the University of Canterbury the Interloans Team do this for the Central Library. Items are not returned immediately – just when there is enough to fill a box.

I have recently been asked by the Christchurch City Library what the policy is for other libraries on campus, as staff here have been in touch to ask them to contact their users to collect these items.

As we are all set up to deal with postage, in the interests of conformity and in getting our UC books back, the Interloans Team would be happy to coordinate the return of all these items. If you would like us to do so please label them clearly and send them over to us in a hamper.

Below is an email posted yesterday by the National Library that asks for feedback from libraries as to how the ‘deep-linking’ is working at their sites. Perhaps staff with an interest, or time to spare when the public service desk is quiet, may like to have a look. One person from the University of Canterbury Library to coordinate any feedback would probably be a good idea. I am on leave until 8th September. Any volunteers?

Good afternoon

The National Library is posting this message on TePuna-L, nzlibs and PUBSIG .

I hope you don’t feel too bombarded, but National Library and TPSAC( Te Puna Strategic Advisory Committee) feel these developments have been long sought and will prove to be very valuable in lifting the profile of libraries and their collections to all New Zealanders. We are also seeking your feedback on the ways you believe your library will/ may utilise this resource.

It is around a fortnight since the launch of the beta version of New Zealand Libraries’ Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz ), and the National Library has been delighted with the response we have had up and down the country.

Many messages we have received emphasise the importance of visible library collections in the web environment and the ways this has now become possible with a freely available NUC as well as the load of New Zealand library holdings to WorldCat. Searchers are now able to begin their search using Google from home, workplace or within their local library

Enabling deeplinking to all libraries is ‘work in progress’ When the Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz) went live some of the larger library management systems had already been successfully ‘deep-linked’ from the Catalogue to individual library catalogues. The last week has been spent in getting the links to the largest libraries working better.

The strategy is to prioritise libraries with the largest collections, then work through all libraries that have chosen not to ‘opt out’.
To date, 67% of holdings on the New Zealand Libraries’ Catalogue (and Te Puna NBD) link to a catalogue item at the local level. 21% of holdings will link to a local library website and the remainder link to that library’s entry in the Directory of New Zealand Libraries.

If your library currently operates one of these library systems:
· Voyager
· Millennium
· Unicorn
· Horizon
would you mind having a look at how it works at your site?
If you think it could work better Andrew Prout (Andrew.prout@natlib.govt.nz or 04 474 3152).

Currently Andrew is working on:
· Liberty 3
· Spydus

National Library values working alongside libraries to get the best possible result for libraries and their users.

Another benefit that the New Zealand Libraries Catalogue @ http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz brings is that local library websites can now link to it without the need for passwords or security of any kind.

We would be interested learning how libraries and their customers will use the new Catalogue. Will you, for instance, provide links to it from your website, as indicated above?

Ruth Miller
Customer Support Consultant
Digital Solutions
National Library of New Zealand
Phone: 04 474 3089

ruth.miller@natlib.govt.nz