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As of August 31st the Austin Public Library is changing the software used for interlibrary loans from ILLiad to Navigator. When I queried David Spradling, Division Manager of the Faulk Central Library, he estimated that the new system would be available in mid-October, with a significant chance of that prediction being off in either direction.
The other significance of the August 31st date was that Governor Perry's cuts to the Texas State Library budget resulted in the end of funding for the eight interlibrary loan employees. I had been unaware that their salaries were state-funded, although I knew that TSL grants were involved in APL's ILL system. The workload will be absorbed by other APL employees.
The above information came out of my original query to Mr. Spradling about whether the Navigator software would result in more interlibrary loan requests, which APL calls "active requests." If the system continues with five active requests, the usual result for me is that I actually have one book in my possession. The other active requests are in the process of wending their way through the interlibrary loan system. Since I have 199 books on my reading list that are not in APL's collection, I was hoping (in vain) for an end to this bottleneck.
The other significance of the August 31st date was that Governor Perry's cuts to the Texas State Library budget resulted in the end of funding for the eight interlibrary loan employees. I had been unaware that their salaries were state-funded, although I knew that TSL grants were involved in APL's ILL system. The workload will be absorbed by other APL employees.
The above information came out of my original query to Mr. Spradling about whether the Navigator software would result in more interlibrary loan requests, which APL calls "active requests." If the system continues with five active requests, the usual result for me is that I actually have one book in my possession. The other active requests are in the process of wending their way through the interlibrary loan system. Since I have 199 books on my reading list that are not in APL's collection, I was hoping (in vain) for an end to this bottleneck.
