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• Resource Sharing
• Dec 06-Jan 07
• Issue: 208

Using the Maxcost Field in an ILL Workform

The MAXCOST field allows the borrowing library to indicate the maximum that they are willing to pay for materials obtained on ILL.

The lender should not supply an item if they charge more than the Borrower's MAXCOST. If you enter your MAXCOST as $10.00 and a Lender fills the request and charges more than that, you are not required to pay charges above the MAXCOST indicated. However, if the MAXCOST field is blank, the Borrower is responsible for whatever the Lender charges.

The OCLC guidelines state that the lender is responsible for entering their charges in the Policies Directory, and that the Borrower is responsible for knowing the charges of the institutions from which they are requesting material.

Resource Sharing Contact Information
Please contact Jon Penn, Resource Sharing Librarian at Nylink, with questions. Jon is available via email (pennj@nylink.org) or phone (800-342-3353/518-443-5444).