In Fall Quarter 2012, the DePaul Library joined the OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program, a cooperative borrowing program that facilitates faculty use of research libraries across North America. Through this program full-time DePaul faculty members in good standing can gain borrowing privileges and on-site access to the collections of the nearly 200 participating libraries. The program includes several local libraries that are not a part of the I-Share consortium, such as the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Loyola.<\/p>\n
Many faculty are already taking advantage of this program and so far the reaction has been very positive. “I am very happy to have the reciprocal borrowing program! I have borrowed materials several times from the University of Chicago already — this was something I could not do before\u201d stated John Shanahan of the English Department. Liz Lillehoj, History of Art and Architecture Department, also mentioned being able to borrow materials onsite at a wider range of university libraries: “I got my reciprocal borrowing card the week the program was launched.\u00a0 I use it regularly at the U of Chicago Library to check out books that would not be available through I-Share. It\u2019s great!\u201c<\/p>\n
Faculty members interested in obtaining a card for the OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program may submit a request online<\/a>.<\/p>\n For further questions regarding the program, please contact Travis Eastham at\u00a0teastham@depaul.edu<\/a> or 773-325-2443.<\/p>\n For more details, please see the program description<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a list of participating institutions, please visit the OCLC web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Fall Quarter 2012, the DePaul Library joined the OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program, a cooperative borrowing program that facilitates faculty use of research libraries across North America. Through this program full-time DePaul faculty members in good standing can gain borrowing privileges and on-site access to the collections of the nearly 200 participating libraries. The <\/p>\n