UnityUK celebrates its second birthday: a paradigm shift for UK public libraries

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explain the UnityUK service and its benefits to the user community.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper takes the form of a factual review of the UnityUK service.

Findings

The paper finds that the UnityUK service is changing the way inter‐library loans work in the UK.

Originality/value

The paper shares experiences of the UK market with the wider community.

Citation

Birch, K. (2008), "UnityUK celebrates its second birthday: a paradigm shift for UK public libraries", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610810856345