NEWS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       DATE: 8/10/07 CONTACT : LESLIE SCHALER, COMMUNICATION ASST., (413) 545-0162   UMASS AMHERST LIBRARY AGAIN NAMED TOP INTERLIBRARY LOAN LENDER   Amherst, MA – The UMass Amherst Library has been named the top NELINET lender for the second year in a row.  NELINET is a cooperative of more than 600 academic, public, and special libraries in the six New England states.  The UMass Amherst Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Department lent out 21,796 items. Harvard was second with 21,196 and Yale in sixth place with 12,626. UMass Amherst filled three times as many requests as MIT and more than twice as many as Tufts.  This award is an acknowledgement of both the dedication of the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery staff and the strength of the UMass Amherst Library’s collections. For more information about Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery call (413) 577-0175 or go to http://www.library.umass.edu/about/department/resourceaccess/.