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Publication date: 14 August 2009

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.

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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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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 37 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 19 January 2010

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…

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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.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 62 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 24 May 2013

Abigail Willemse

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Library Review, vol. 62 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 16 November 2012

Lillian Tsang Phillip

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Records Management Journal, vol. 22 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 11 January 2013

Anand Kochunny

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Library Management, vol. 34 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-5124

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Publication date: 14 August 2009

Mike McGrath

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 37 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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