Cross-border document delivery: the convenience and perils of sharing articles around the world, in the cloud
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe Article Exchange – OCLC’s cloud-based document delivery service.
Design/methodology/approach
In this study, Article Exchange is described in detail.
Findings
Article Exchange has proved popular with OCLC users with more than 50,000 documents uploaded in January 2013 alone by more than 1,000 libraries.
Practical implications
The new service facilitates improved delivery of documents electronically.
Originality/value
This article is useful for all librarians who are concerned with delivering documents electronically in an increasingly complex technical and legal environment.
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Acknowledgements
© Katie Birch and Tony Melvyn, 2014. This paper was originally presented at the 13th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference, in Beijing, China, 16-18 October 2013. Published with the kind permission of IFLA. www.ifla.org/. Articles published by Emerald, which have their origins in an IFLA project, are made freely accessible nine months after official publication. For permission to reuse this article, please contact the copyright holder.
Citation
Birch, K. and Melvyn, T. (2014), "Cross-border document delivery: the convenience and perils of sharing articles around the world, in the cloud", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 42 No. 2/3, pp. 70-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILDS-05-2014-0024
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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