I heartily agree - with one caveat, it's generally not possible to make an ILL request for a title published in the current calendar year (even if you're making

I heartily agree - with one caveat, it's generally not possible to make an ILL request for a title published in the current calendar year (even if you're making a request in December for a book published in January - though at least you only have to wait a month). I think this is to give the patrons of the library which holds a book the first chance to read it, but it's a crude implement.