How will ILL fee management affect my OCLC bill?
You may see three additional line items on your monthly Network or OCLC bill: • IFM Library to Library borrowing debit–charges your library incurred for borrowing items • IFM Library to Library lending credit–credits your library receives for supplying items • IFM administrative fee–a small fee OCLC charges your library for completed borrowing transactions Note: The degree to which your network or OCLC bill is affected depends on the extent to which your library uses this option. If you are a large net-lender, your library could decrease its overall bill using the service. • If lenders see no IFM MAXCOST statement, what should they do? Lenders have three choices: • Say No to the request because, without a valid IFM statement in the MAXCOST field, no billing will occur; • Use a Conditional to indicate that you will lend only if billed through ILL Fee Management, then request a valid Maximum Cost statement and see if the borrower will comply; or • Decide to fill the loan without ILL F
