The interlibrary loan project at the Constance University Library

Abstract

The Library of the University of Constance is working on a project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft which aims to automate interlending between the libraries of the universities in Constance and in Ulm. The major objective of the project is to check the capabilities of two OSI‐based communication protocols, X.400 and the ILL‐protocol. The project regards interlending as a function of the local system. The local ILL management is also automated. Describes the routines of electronic interlending. The technical infrastructure of the ILL system consists of the ILL server and the ILL clients. The ILL server comprises the ILL management system, the ILL database and the X.400 mail system. The results of the project will be integrated in the ILL module of the standardized local system which is going to be developed in Baden‐Württemberg. Beyond that the project is also the basis of the ILL system of the DBV‐OSI‐project.

Citation

Nagelsmeier‐Linke, M. (1995), "The interlibrary loan project at the Constance University Library", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641619510154997