Interlending & Document Supply: Volume 40 Issue 2

The IDS Project: promoting library excellence through community and technology

This paper aims to report on the IDS Project, a volunteer-driven library cooperative known for its technological innovations, to describe how the project has evolved, and to…

Looking at resource sharing costs

This paper is the result of a small cost study of resource sharing services in 23 North American libraries. Its aim is to discuss trends that have affected resource sharing costs…

NILDE reloaded: a new system open to international interlibrary loan

The purpose of this paper is to present new concepts and features introduced in NILDE 4.0, an online ILL and document supply request system designed for and used by more than 700…

HathiTrust: digital access at the intersection of interlibrary lending potential and the protection of intellectual property rights

– The aim is to provide an overview of the HathiTrust digital repository and assess the impact that intellectual property rights may have on its utility for ILL operations.

Fear and loathing in cooperative collection development

The paper ' s aim is to demonstrate how research libraries might overcome their reluctance to enter into cooperative collection development ventures by devising resource…

Building on success: evolving local and consortium purchase-on-demand programs

Patron driven acquisitions (PDA) programs have emerged as an important component in library collection practices. The authors aim to report on four PDA programs (two completed…

CALIS: interlibrary loan and document delivery services in China

This paper aims to describe the China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), an academic library consortium which promotes resource sharing among Chinese academic…

From Russia with love

This paper ' s aim is to provide an overview of the challenges and solutions to obtaining Russian language materials. Despite the challenges presented by inaccurate or…

The ethics of library resource sharing in the digital age

– The purpose of this paper is to outline ethical implications of the practical challenges facing resource sharing practitioners in the digital age.

Interlending trending: a look ahead from atop the data pile

This paper seeks to explore five forces likely to significantly affect interlending operations in the near term: the transition from print to electronic resources; management of…

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 78

– The aim is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.

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