Interlending & Document Supply: Volume 16 Issue 3

MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF DOCUMENT SUPPLY SYSTEMS

Maurice B Line

As document supply grows in volume and importance it becomes more necessary to measure its performance. Nearly all measures are relative — over time, across countries, and between…

UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY OF PATENTS

Michael W Hill

Despite their daunting reputation, patent documents, or copies of them, are in fact remarkably easy to acquire. Although some million patent specifications are published each year…

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL DOCUMENT SUPPLY SYSTEM IN CHINA: SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS

Yangling Zhao

China has two separate systems engaged in library and information work. They have their own organizations, functions and tasks under their respective government departments. In…

THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY TO INTERLENDING AND DOCUMENT SUPPLY IN SCANDINAVIA — A PROGRESS REPORT

Annette Winkel

The application of new technology to Scandinavian libraries has not differed greatly from country to country, except for Iceland, where library automation was introduced later…

A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE: XIV

Graham P Cornish

Verification is always a controversial topic, even establishing what it means and whether it is really necessary. The development of interlending in France and New Zealand is on…