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Delivery of Documents and More: A View of Trends Affecting Libraries and Publishers.
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Lenzini, Rebecca T. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Discusses four trends relating to document delivery (DD), its future, and its impact on both the publisher and the library: (1) growth of DD; (2) acceptance of DD as a component of collection development and interlibrary loan; (3) move toward electronic publishing and delivery; and (4) growing voice of the author. Eight charts illustrate trends.…
Descriptors: Authors, Charts, Document Delivery, Electronic Publishing
Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery: Lessons To Be Learned.
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Murphy, Molly; RuppSerrano, Karen – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Interlibrary loan and document delivery services have the potential to provide a wealth of information for collection development librarians. Insights into book and serial needs, departmental emphases, instructional opportunities and distant learning are available from interlibrary loan and document delivery databases, provided librarians are…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Document Delivery, Information Seeking, Information Services
Document Delivery in the Electronic Age: Collecting and Service Implications.
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Ferguson, Anthony W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Examines the role of commercial document delivery. Discusses interlibrary loan (ILL); access versus ownership decision making; degree of use and patron use of commercial document delivery; and use of library materials funds. Concludes that document delivery will not totally replace ownership or ILL, but that it is becoming more important because…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Decision Making, Document Delivery, Futures (of Society)
Emerging Patterns of Collection Development in Expanding Resource Sharing, Electronic Information and Network Environment.
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Billings, Harold – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
This special issue contains eight papers from a conference on library collection development and networking issues. Discusses the library's role and the need for new policies; serial costs and recommendations for resource sharing; evaluation of academic periodicals; partnerships and the relationship of vendors and libraries; and models and trends…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Conferences