Ludmila Kohoutova and Pavlina Kafkova
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the most interesting points and currently discussed problems in the context of developments in the Czech Republic (CR).
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the most interesting points and currently discussed problems in the context of developments in the Czech Republic (CR).
Design/methodology/approach
The paper describes the resource-sharing environment in the CR. It also presents some problematic issues of ILL and electronic document delivery (EDD).
Findings
There is a great potential of implementing IT technologies into providing ILL and EDD services, but the current state of copyright agreements partially limits the resource-sharing environment.
Originality/value
The paper presents a brief review of inter-lending and document delivery services in the CR based on statistics and surveys.
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Pavlina Kafkova and Hana Bornova
The purpose of this paper is to describe the document supply service of the Czech National Library and its use of OCLC in supporting the service.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the document supply service of the Czech National Library and its use of OCLC in supporting the service.
Design/methodology/approach
The service is described in detail and placed in the context of the Czech Republic.
Findings
The use of OCLC has increased the use of the National Library internationally in terms of both requesting and supplying material.
Originality value
The paper is one of the few articles in English to describe the work of the Czech National Library and provides a good insight into the use of OCLC's WorldCat for international document supply.