Lisa Jeskins and Bethan Ruddock
The purpose of the paper is to describe the purpose and functions of Copac to the ILL community, and to inform them about recent and forthcoming developments.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to describe the purpose and functions of Copac to the ILL community, and to inform them about recent and forthcoming developments.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper takes a descriptive approach based on desk research.
Findings
Some indications of how Copac is being used by ILL practitioners are reported. New functionality is described.
Originality/value
The findings should prove to be of practical value for the ILL community. The description of new/forthcoming features allows the community to stay up‐to‐date with the Copac service.
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Bethan Ruddock and Dick Hartley
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how UK academic libraries choose metasearch systems; the choice processes they use; the main influences on their choices; and whether…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how UK academic libraries choose metasearch systems; the choice processes they use; the main influences on their choices; and whether these choice processes could be made easier.
Design/methodology/approach
The project used a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research methods, consisting of a literature review, two semi‐structured interviews, and an electronic questionnaire, distributed to systems librarians in UK university libraries.
Findings
It was found that many processes are repeated across libraries. It was also found that a prior/existing relationship with vendors has a strong influence on how libraries chose metasearch systems.
Originality/value
There has been no prior research explicitly investigating how a range‐of‐libraries chose metasearch systems. The results could be of value to libraries that are choosing a metasearch system, or other systems such as library management systems. It could also be of value to anyone interested in general choice procedures in libraries.