Faculty Publications and Presentations

 

Recent Submissions

  • No ILL Will: Cross-Training to Smooth Interlibrary Loan Workflows 

    Tryon, Rusty (2022)
    Interlibrary Loan departments are often run by solo operators, don’t have full coverage, or are facing staff shortages. Furthermore, ILL processes can be somewhat opaque to those employed in other library departments, ...

  • Reinventing Resource Sharing at Rooney Library 

    Tryon, Rusty (2022)
    Resource sharing, or interlibrary loan (ILL), is an essential library service, a fact that has been reinforced by the ongoing pandemic. As user demands and expectations, as well as library collections, continue to evolve, ...

  • Extreme Makeover: Institutional Repository Edition 

    Tryon, Rusty (2022)
    In the fall of 2020, several initiatives were begun at the Rooney Library to facilitate and increase open access to local research and scholarship via its institutional repository. The need to provide greater access to ...

  • Rapid Implementation of Tipasa at a Small Academic Library 

    Tryon, Rusty (2021)
    Recent studies of institutions that implemented Tipasa focus on migration from ILLiad within the context of university libraries (Malone, 2019; Martin & Louderback, 2019; Spracklen, 2019; Martin & Louderback, 2020; Porter, ...

  • Moving Forward Faster: ILL Lending at Rooney Library 

    Tryon, Rusty (2021)
    As we move forward together—learn how your library can move faster! Join fellow ILL community members and OCLC for a virtual session featuring three ILL professionals from Agnes Scott College, Augustana College, and Saint ...

  • Turning the Tables in Interlibrary Loan: From Net Borrower to Net Lender at Rooney Library 

    Tryon, Rusty (2021)
    The Rooney Library at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College historically has been a net borrower in its interlibrary loan activity. In the past, the bulk of the library’s limited lending activity focused on supplying returnables, ...