Joachim Schöpfel and Hélène Prost
This paper seeks to investigate the impact of the open archive initiative on the document supply of grey literature.
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Purpose
This paper seeks to investigate the impact of the open archive initiative on the document supply of grey literature.
Design/methodology/approach
The article is based on a comparative survey of five major scientific and technical information centres: The British Library (UK), CISTI (Canada), INIST‐CNRS (France), KISTI (South Korea), and TIB Hannover (Germany).
Findings
All major document suppliers are quite deeply involved in the open archive movement, and this involvement has an obvious impact on the policy of acquisition, archiving and supply of grey literature (dissertations, reports, conferences etc.).
Originality/value
The paper is a follow‐up study of the survey published in 2006.
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The purpose of this article is to describe the response of the British Library to the changing environment for document supply.
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Purpose
The purpose of this article is to describe the response of the British Library to the changing environment for document supply.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper provides a descriptive analysis of the response of the British Library to the changing environment for document supply.
Findings
The British Library will shift from a high volume business focussed on current, heavily used material to a more mixed portfolio; one in which it services both demand for current, heavily used material but also and increasingly, “the long tail”.
Originality/value
The paper provides an insight into the current response of the largest document supplier in the world to the current, rapidly changing environment.
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Lou Ann Di Nallo and 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.
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Purpose
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.
Design/methodology/approach
After an introduction to the goals and activities of the P‐D‐R, the paper describes the different sessions of the meeting and then summarises the topics related to document supply.
Findings
The paper reports on the use of primary information in pharmaceutical companies, on global services arising from national functions, on outsourcing information management, and on technical solutions to control, monitor and limit access. One of the hot topics of the conference was restriction by digital rights management (DRM) measures.
Originality/value
This report provides insights into the issues currently facing the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry is the only corporate sector with a long and profitable tradition of networking between information professionals.
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This paper seeks to report on the 10th ILDS Conference held in Singapore.
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Purpose
This paper seeks to report on the 10th ILDS Conference held in Singapore.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is descriptive in approach.
Findings
The conference was very successful and, contrary to rumours, interlending and document supply is alive and well throughout the world.
Originality/value
The paper is a report on the only international conference held on the subject of interlending and document supply.
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The purpose of this study is to describe how the British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS) is responding to changes in the provision of research content, redefining its…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to describe how the British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS) is responding to changes in the provision of research content, redefining its services to suit varying audiences’ requirements and building on a flexible technology platform.
Design/methodology/approach
This study is descriptive in nature.
Findings
The British Library is responding well to the current competitive environment for Inter Library Loan (ILL) and document supply.
Originality/value
This study includes an up-to-date assessment of the BLDSS and the changes, driven by the changing landscape, that are taking place.