Interlending & Document Supply: Volume 28 Issue 3
Table of contents
The international sharing of returnable library materials
Dennis MassieDiscusses how costs and risks involved with shipping returnable ILL materials across national boundaries act as major barriers to scholarship. Describes recent efforts by members…
Ownership versus access: the CISTI source/SUMO experience at McGill University
Louis HouleSince November 1996, the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library at McGill University has established a new Subsidised UnMediated Ordering (SUMO) service for its users: the CISTI…
A model for library support of distance education in the USA
Jean L. CooperUntil the past few years, distance education has been slow to find support in the USA, particularly for advanced degree programmes. As distance education gains popularity in the…
Opinion paper: Interlending in the hybrid library – how long will we provide the service?
Niels MarkIn all academic libraries the developments within new information technology, information handling, new categories of materials and publications, and new user demands have changed…
Brief communication: The impact of national currency devaluation, cash budget system and information technology on document supply in the University Of Malawi: the case of Chancellor College Library
Diston ChiwezaThe economic situation in Malawi is dire. Since 1981 the national currency has been devalued many times and World Bank and IMF measures have had to be implemented. A monthly cash…
Brief communication: Document delivery in the Arabian Gulf
Moid A. SiddiquiResource sharing through document delivery in the Arabian Gulf has yet to be achieved in spite of unifying factors, such as language, faith, economic base, and social and cultural…
Interlending and document supply: a review of recent literature XXXVIII
Sara GouldThis review of the literature in interlending and document supply looks this time at recent published material in the areas of standards, ILL systems, unmediated document supply…