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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

Document Delivery in the Electronic Age: Collecting and Service Implications.

Peer reviewed

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)