The possible consolidation of journal backfiles and the possible cancellation of journals were also discussed. Direct Request, a service that allows the IRIS user to make a request directly from an IRIS institution without going through ILL, will be operational by fall. This service raises many procedural questions and has many details to be ironed out. If we do it will drive up the cost of ILL considerably. User errors, etc.
Many procedures are yet to be ironed out.
Perhaps we'll have a shared bibliographer program down the road. Because their students populations are much greater than Vanderbilt's, Tennessee and Kentucky have agreed to borrow from each other first when they have a choice. IRIS members are looking into a consortial purchase of Archives of General Education Board Exactly what IRIS is going to mean remains unsettled. This may take 6 months to a year. We are running low on search blocks but may buy more in July at bargain prices.