Mar. 13, 1997-Vol28n24: Fast delivery from UB to the President of the U.S.

Fast delivery from UB to the President of the U.S.

On Feb. 20, the University Libraries Interlibrary Loan Department received a rush request from the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The request was for an article from a German criminal statistics journal held by only seven libraries in the U.S. The Executive Office of the President came to UB for fast document delivery service! Delores Salter, in charge of Interlibrary Loan requests that come to UB from other libraries and organizations, immediately located the article in the Lockwood collections and faxed it to the White House within 20 minutes.

Judith Adams, director of Lockwood Library, notes that the White House is not the only realm of the powerful that the Interlibrary Loan Department has assisted so far in 1997. In January, the department received two "rush" requests for books from Gov. Pataki's office.

The governor needed to have the books in Albany on the following morning at 9 o'clock! Despite receiving one of the requests after 4 p.m., the Interlibrary Loan staff located the books, and arranged with overnight delivery services to get the books to the governor in time for a 9 a.m. meeting the next day! Who could ask for anything more?

The SUNY Chancellor has also relied on the Interlibrary Loan service for articles in the past month. UB has, perhaps, a national reputation for FAST document delivery service, and collections which are the envy of the highest realms of influence.