New books and ILL

Once again the topic of ILLing new books has come up for discussion on the NHAIS-ILL list. Nothing's changed since a 2020 post on the subject. Both the NH Interlibrary Loan Protocol Manual and the NHAIS Interlibrary Loan Agreement are silent on the issue of new materials.

ILL lenders always have the option of marking any request they get as Will Not Supply. If you don't want to lend something, that is the solution regardless of your reason.

Suggestions to add "Too New" to the list of reasons an ILL request won't be filled are nothing new. The answer remains the same: the choices you see under Reason/Condition for Will Not Supply follow industry standards in ISO 18626. "Policy Problem" is meant to cover the subject.

If your catalog is a Z-target in the NHAIS ILL System and you're getting requests for materials that are checked out, that may be fixable. Contact the NHAIS Help Desk with an example of a book that's currently checked out and we can see if your catalog is sending the information the ILL program needs to determine whether to skip your location in the lender list.