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Implications of Title Diversity and Collection Overlap for Interlibrary Loan Among Secondary Schools

Altman, Ellen – Library Quarterly, 1972
This study explored the feasibility of establishing interlibrary loan networks among secondary schools. Hypotheses derived from a statistical model using New Jersey secondary school collections' data were that net title resources available to the median library in a county pool would increase by 700 percent and net volume resources by 1,200…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections, Library Cooperation, School Libraries

Miller, Connie; Tegler, Patricia – Library Quarterly, 1988
Reports the results of a study comparing the performance of commercial document suppliers with the performance of traditional interlibrary loan. The discussion covers comparisons of speed, cost, the effect of publication characteristics on speed and cost, and success rates, as well as implications of the findings for interlibrary loan services.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness