You will be introduced to :

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ILL the Signadou experience

• Jacqueline Smith Rachael Bahl

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About Signadou

• 1 of 6 campuses of Australian Catholic University
• Formerly Signadou Teachers College University
  formed in 1991
• Public university
• Each campus has its own library, but all part of
  one integrated library service
• Around 600 students (Small cohort Higher Degree)
• 60 campus staff

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The Lewins Library (AACU)

• 6.2 EFT staff (4 f/t, 3 p/t, 2 v. P/t)
• Provide a full library service reference,
  loans, ILL, closed reserve, acquisitions
  technical services
• 57,500 volumes Increasing electronic collections
• Collection teaching areas
• Education, incl. Teachers resources (kits, maps,
  etc)
• Theology
• Social work

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ILL _at_ Signadou

• 1 dedicated staff member (25 time)
• ILL stats
• 2004 supplied 302, requested 285
• 2003 supplied 525, requested 319
• 2002 supplied 594, requested 117
• National ILL policy
• ILL for staff, higher degree and honours students
  only
• Request forms on intranet
• Increasing use of technology incl. Ariel

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Whats Special About Us?

• Scale
• Full service offered, but on a very small scale
• National institution
• In addition to ILL, we do loans between campuses
• Although one institution, six NUC symbols
• Reciprocal networks
• Member of Unilinc (free ILL between members)
• Member of ANZTLA (no free ILL, but info sharing)
• Specialist materials, esp. Theology
• Challenging and specialised requests

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Looking for Obscure Theology Journals

• Anderson, G. (2004) Of many things. America, 191
  (8), 2.
• Carey, A. (2004) Clergy and laity need to work
  together. Priest, 60 (9), 46.
• Mercado, E. (1991) Emerging images of the Asian
  Church. Philippiana Sacra, 26 (76), 77-94.

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Why Traditional Methods Are Not Always the Answer

• Small publication runs
• Housed in specialized libraries that do not have
  holdings on Kinetica
• Title too general, resulting in large volume of
  hits (eg America)
• KDD does not offer flexible search options

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Steps to Finding That Elusive Article?

• Identify the journal title in question (difficult
  with generic titles)
• Look at sources to find a supplier
• At what point do you look at alternative sources?
  is it intuitive? Initially or after going
  through the standard sources?

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Sources Used to Identify Journal Title

• Libraries Australia
• Ulrichs
• Google
• AULOTS (Australasian union list of serials in
  theological collections)

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Sources to Find a Supplier

• Libraries Australia
• AULOTs
• Infotrieve
• ANZTLA forum

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Benefits of Using Aulots

• Now online via ANZTLA website
• Search anywhere anytime
• Provides holdings for 99 theological libraries
  that may or may not be on Kinetica
• Provides quick access to library holdings
• Contains details (eg ISSNs) not always available
  elsewhere
• Good double check against other catalogues

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What Do We Learn From This?

• Reciprocal networks are vital
• Technology vital, but not the whole answer
• Value and develop your own expertise
• And

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Best Tip!

• Dont be afraid to phone a friend!

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Conclusion

• Issues the same
• Different scale
• Different subject area
• Important to cultivate networks and work together