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Collecting and reporting VDX statistics
Collecting ILL Statistics:For collecting what you need from VDX, see Interpretation of VDX Monthly ILL Statistics. If relevant, add in manual statistics you have kept for activity performed outside of the VDX system. This would include email or written request forms to an institution and reciprocal borrowing arrangements with other library boards such as YPLN or Halinet where materials are exchanged between member libraries but not recorded within your VDX software.
An interlibrary loan is defined as a loan of library materials owned by one library board to another library board for a specific time frame as a result of a formal request/response process initiated by patron requirement. Inter-branch exchanges within a library system are not interlibrary loan.
Reporting ILL Statistics:Once you have determined what your Annual ILL statistics are you need to report them to:
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Your CEO for inclusion in the provincial "Annual Survey of Public Libraries" reporting forms.
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SOLS for analysis of interlibrary loan traffic patterns and the structure that supports the physical movement of ILL materials on our courier service. To facilitate your reporting to SOLS, use our online reporting form SOLS Online Interloan Statistics Reporting Form.