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The purpose of this paper is to provide preliminary results of the 2015 international interlending survey conducted by the ALA RUSA STARS International Interlibrary Loan Committee and compare these results to those of the survey conducted in 2011.

An international survey was developed using Qualtrics to both gather and analyze the results received after the survey was distributed via listservs and personal contacts.

The 2015 survey’s results generally showed similarities to those in 2011 with most participants both borrowing and lending materials internationally. The differences between the 2011 and 2015 survey are highlighted as are barriers to international interlending.

This study illustrates the most recent survey of international interlending practices with comparison to previous studies and will yield potential methods and activities for improving resource sharing globally.

The paper seeks to provide a review of recent developments in remote document supply and related matters in the UK.

The article is based on a range of articles, reports, books, papers and web sites.

Remote document supply is in decline, and this trend is likely to continue. Advances in technology open the way for unmediated requesting and supply. Collaborative off‐site stores are emerging as the solution to library space problems while preserving access to collections.

The article provides an overview of current developments in UK document supply by an experienced practitioner.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.

The approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.

Resistance to the Big Deals for journals is still growing – in particular because of the current budget cuts that are hitting libraries badly but publishers remain complacent. Interesting movements on the copyright front as the Hargreaves report in the UK is accepted by the government and the STM Association gets upset. Patron driven acquisition receives a lot of attention in the literature – when will the world outside of the US pay as much attention?

The paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters such as resource sharing and open access.

This keynote address identifies and describes ten trends in interlending and document supply over the period 2003 through to 2008.

In the year 2000 Iceland gained nationwide access to 4,000 e‐journals, another 3,500 in 2001 and over 500 since then. Thus, the population of Iceland has been given the opportunity to access full‐text articles of over 8,000 journals, most in the field of science, technology and medicine (STM) via the Internet. This paper tells the history and the effects of the nationwide access to e‐journals on remote document supply (RDS), both at The National and University Library of Iceland (NUL) and in Iceland generally. At 27 percent in 2002, NUL has the most RDS of any library in Iceland.

The purpose of this paper is to communicate the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative's goals and activities to an international audience of librarians concerned with using best practices and technology to make library resource sharing more responsive to user needs.

The paper provides a descriptive analysis explaining the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative's mission and the activities it employs to fulfill it.

The paper explains how the activities of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative contribute to improving the delivery of library information services.

The paper provides examples of innovative strategies, programs and activities designed to advocate for, inspire, and enable successful resource sharing.