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British Library Document Supply Centre Now
Accepts Payment Via OCLC IFM Service

By Rosario Garza

The British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) has begun accepting payment for orders through OCLC's ILL Fee Management (IFM) service. The IFM service allows users of the OCLC ILL service to pay, and be paid for, ILL lending charges through their BCR/OCLC services invoices. ILL Fee Management works if:

Both borrower and lender have entered valid ILL Fee Management statements.
The LENDING CHARGES amount does not exceed the MAXCOST amount.
The status of the request is updated to RECEIVED by the borrower.

BCR has an agreement with the BLDSC that gives BCR libraries a 5 percent discount on their BLDSC- supplied documents (excluding copyright fees). However, if you use IFM to pay for your BLDSC documents, BLDSC policy does not allow you to receive the BCR discount on your BLDSC orders. If you continue to pay via the existing BCR arrangement, you will continue to get the 5 percent discount off all items on your BLDSC invoice except copyright fees.

An introductory offer of $10.50 per article will help offset the IFM charge. The discount may be made permanent if the IFM payment option proves popular.

If you have questions about the BLDSC service, contact BCR's Ann Schwab (aschwab@bcr.org).

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British Library Document Supply Centre Now Accepts Payment Via OCLC IFM Service

British Library Document Supply Centre Now
Accepts Payment Via OCLC IFM Service