Rapid and the new interlending: a cooperative document supply system in the USA

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to describe the development of Rapid, a successful document supply system in the USA.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper provides a descriptive analysis.

Findings

Finds that Rapid reduces costs and speeds up the fulfillment of document supply requests by using a well integrated system that precisely identifies holdings statements of participating libraries.

Originality/value

Gives a good insight into the workings of a cooperative document supply system in the USA with possible applications in other countries.

Citation

Delaney, T. (2007), "Rapid and the new interlending: a cooperative document supply system in the USA", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 56-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610710754042