Interlending & Document Supply: Volume 36 Issue 3

The British Library: the changing face of document supply

Mat Pfleger

The purpose of this article is to describe the response of the British Library to the changing environment for document supply.

Cataloging free e‐resources: is it worth the investment?

Christopher C. Brown, Elizabeth S. Meagher

This paper seeks to demonstrate the value of adding links to freely available web content to the library catalog (OPAC). This aims to answer the research question: “Is there value…

The union catalogue of academic libraries in India: an initiative by INFLIBNET

Prem Chand, Suresh K. Chauhan

The purpose of this article is to describe the union databases maintained by the INFLIBNET for university libraries in India. INFLIBNET maintains union databases of serials…

Library Loans Online: a new channel for a traditional service in England

David Potts

This paper aims to provide a description of a new service to be launched in England that will open up the holdings of public libraries to citizens and enable them to order items…

The usage and acceptance of domestic preprint servers in China

Zhang Yaokun, Xia Nanqiang

The aims of this article are to describe the current status, usage, and acceptance of domestic preprint servers in mainland China by investigating three integrated preprint…

Insights into the issues facing pharmaceutical companies for information provision: a report on the P‐D‐R special meeting, La Grande Motte, 28‐29 February 2008

Lou Ann Di Nallo, Joachim Schöpfel

This paper aims to report on the Pharma Documentation Ring (P‐D‐R) special meeting 2008 on access and use of publishers' content through multiple channels.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 64

Mike McGrath

This paper aims to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.

NILDE: developing a new generation tool for document delivery in Italy

Silvana Mangiaracina, Marta Zaetta, Daniele De Matteis, Alessandro Tugnoli, Enrico Beghelli, Giacomo Tenaglia

This paper presents the most recent progress and implementation of the Network Inter‐Library Document Exchange (NILDE) system, a web based document delivery (DD) software for…

Editorial

Mike McGrath