Interlending Review: Volume 7 Issue 4

ACQUISITION POLICY AND PRACTICES AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY LENDING DIVISION

David N Wood

The acquisitions policies of the Division are based on a consideration of a number of criteria—academic level, demand, availability and speed of supply from elsewhere, and country…

INTERLIBRARY LENDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND, 1978–79

Jim Davey

The major developments in library co‐operation during the year 1978–79 are examined. The work of the National Committee is described, including topics such as the legality of…

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING MATERIAL FOR A CENTRAL LENDING STOCK

Maurice B Line

The concept of a central lending stock, has attracted much attention, but it has been slow to gain acceptance because countries have thought too much in terms of ‘all or nothing’…

MODELS FOR INTERLIBRARY LENDING

William Y Arms

The various methods of providing an interlibrary loan service include centralised lending, interlending through union catalogues and direct interlending. These services can be…

FAILED SERIAL REQUESTS: REPORT OF A SURVEY TO IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES IN SERIAL PROVISION

P.A. Haigh

In anticipation of the replacement of the British Union Catalogue of Periodicals (BUCOP) by a file of serial holdings of the British Library and other selected libraries, an…