***this sounds very strange to me, since--if the borrowing library is willing to pay the price, items can be borrowed on ILL from anyone who is willing to lend them. When my library borrows, we get a better "deal" on loans from libraries in various consortial networks to which we belong, but if we choose to pay what is asked, we can borrow from anyone--it just won't be free. Maybe this is the problem: perhaps the library you are dealing with does not want to subsidize ILL requests, and has no policies in place for collecting from the requestor. I work in an academic library now, but have worked in public libraries before, and some do not really like to do ILLs, even though officially they offer the service. Interlibrary Loan can be fairly expensive and time-consuming, plus it requires specialized training. My only suggestion is to try offering to pay whatever it costs to borrow the microfilm, and see if you get a better response from them. I am sorry you are having so much trouble! /cfg At 10:07 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote: >Thanks for the advice - I didn't (as usual) make myself really clear. The >guy at my library tells me the problem with getting films from Buffalo >seem to >be that we are in different unions. Hah. Anyway, using the list online for >the Buffalo library newspapers, in Sept. I asked my library to get me >the one I >wanted - in Nov I asked again, and in Jan I was told that they would be >discussing how to fulfill my request at their staff meeting. I still haven't >heard anything. > >George _grichmon@localnet.com_ (mailto:grichmon@localnet.com) has kindly >offered to try to find articles for me. > > >==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== >To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> >See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx