Interlending & Document Supply: Volume 15 Issue 4

THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN INTERLENDING SCHEME: SOME RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY

Peter J Lor

A comprehensive survey of the Southern African Interlending Scheme was undertaken from January 1985 to February 1986. After a brief overview of the scheme and the survey…

LITERATURE SUPPLY FOR THE HUMANITIES: USE AND PROTECTION OF HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS IN THE GERMAN INTERLIBRARY LOAN SYSTEM

Klaus‐Dieter Lehmann

Literature supply in the Federal Republic of Germany is organized on a decentralized, co‐operative basis; the bulk of requests submitted is handled by libraries located in one…

SURVEY OF DEMAND FOR JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERIAL LITERATURE

Betty Smith, Shirley V King, Ian Stewart

There is a growing awareness worldwide of the importance of the information available in Japanese scientific, technical and commercial literature. A survey of the demand for…

INTERLIBRARY LENDING AT NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY: A STUDY OF SUPPLY TIMES, JANUARY—MARCH 1986

Lynn Renwick

A survey of total supply time for interlibrary loan requests from despatch of request to receipt of item was conducted at Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic Library during the three…

INTERLENDING SERVICES IN TURKISH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Yasar Tonta

The article begins with an overview of the current situation in Turkish university libraries, which were badly affected by the economic crisis of 1977–82. In 1982 the Higher…

INTERLIBRARY LENDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND 1986/87

David Bradbury

The year 1986/87 was a year of consolidation and continued work on initiatives reported last year, rather than one featuring many new interlending developments. The ritish Library…

SPEED OF DOCUMENT DELIVERY OVERSEAS: A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF AIRSTREAM AND MULTIMAIL, FEBRUARY—APRIL 1987

Dennis Pilling

In February 1986 the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) carried out a survey to monitor the speed of document delivery by the Post Office's airmail service and shortly…