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Resources for Connecticut ILL staff members

Keeping Current

CT ILL News - a blog to disseminate information to resource sharing professionals across the state.
CLC ILL Roundtable Meetings:
- East
- West
CLA-RSS, which stands for the Connecticut Library Association Resource Sharing Section. This section sponsors continuing education sessions at:
- CLASS Conference, which stands for Connecticut Library Association Support Staff Section. The conference is taking place November 4, 2014.
- CLA Annual Conference, which will be taking place April 27 and 28, 2015 at the Mystic Marriott in Groton.
Connecticut State Library's Continuing Education Calendar

deliverIT CT (formerly Connecticar or Ccar)

deliverIT CT Guide

ILL Mentors in Connecticut

Have an ILL question? The following are willing to share their knowledge and experience to help answer your ILL questions:
- Kim Farrington, Central Connecticut State Library, New Britain, farringtonk@ccsu.edu, 860-832-3408
- Steve Cauffman, Connecticut State Library, Middletown, stephen.cauffman@ct.gov, 860-704-2223

Other Connecticut-specific ILL Resources

Book Discussion Sets available from the Library Service Centers - See "Programming Materials" box at the bottom of this page.
findIT CT - the new statewide library catalog
reQuest ILL Code - and the Guidelines for the reQuest ILL Code
Public Libraries in Connecticut via Google Maps
Connecticard - the 'cooperative program among public libraries in Connecticut that allows a resident of any town in the state who holds a valid borrower card issued by their home library to use that card to borrow materials from any of the 192 public libraries participating in the program.'
Statistics for Connecticut Public Libraries - see "Interlibrary Loan Statistics" box below.

Other ILL Resources Outside of Connecticut

ALA ILL Loan Form:
- In PDF format, suitable for printing
- In Word format, suitable for editing and then printing
ALA Library Fact Sheet 8 - Interlibrary Loan - provides links to the ALA ILL Code for the United States and information on international borrowing.
ALA RUSA STARS - which stands for Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section, or STARS, of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association (ALA). Includes:
- 5 Things Every New Resource Sharing Librarian Should Know
ShareILL - 'a gateway to electronic and print resources pertaining to all aspects of interlibrary loan (ILL), document delivery, and resource sharing.'
Directory of OCLC Libraries

Copyright

United States Code, 1976, Title 17, section 107 codifies U. S. Copyright law.
Copyright.gov is the site of the U. S. Copyright office and contains "Hot Topics" with current issues and Copyright Basics (PDF).
Copyright Term & Public Domain is an easy to use chart to help determine if an item is in copyright or in the public domain.
Fair Use Checklist is a guide to assist in determining if the use of a copyrighted item is covered under Fair Use.
Copyright.com is the site of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), which provides a mechanism to access copyright permissions and pay the corresponding royalties. Includes:
CONTU Guidelines
Copyright Crash Course aimed at the faculty at the University of Texas, this provides the basics of copyright paying particular attention to Fair Use.
Copyright Advisory Network is a forum where librarians can ask copyright-related questions and seek feedback and advice from copyright experts.

Interlibrary Loan Statistics

Public Libraries - use the Annual Report to submit their ILL stats.
ILL Monthly Worksheets (provided below) - to help libraries keep track of ILL stats: