Article navigation
Volume 26, Issue 3
1 September 1998
This article was originally published in
Interlending & Document Supply
Interlending & Document Supply Cover Image for Volume 26, Issue 3
Research Article| September 01 1998

Opinion paper: access versus holdings

John Blagden
University Librarian, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK, and Chair, Library and Information Co‐operation Council
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
PubMed
Google Scholar
Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5848
Print ISSN: 0264-1615
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Interlending & Document Supply (1998) 26 (3): 140–143.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02641619810796776

Explores how the national aspiration of “universal access” to information compares with what is actually happening in practice. Outlines some of the issues which emerge in the debate over access versus holdings, and presents some data from Cranfield University to shed some light on it.

Keywords: Document supply, Interlending, Universities
© MCB UP Limited
1998
You do not currently have access to this content.
Don't already have an account? Register

Purchased this content as a guest? Enter your email address to restore access.

Pay-Per-View Access
$39.00
Rental
This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. Read this now at DeepDyve
106 Views

New and popular articles

Mapping current artificial intelligence research trends in hospitality: a comprehensive bibliometric review
Optimizing scholarly literature search: a comparative study of relevance and evidence quality across AI-powered, semantic, and traditional search engines
Is your firm quantum-ready? A deep dive into quantum computing (QC) adoption within the financial services landscape
Exploring librarians’ learning motivation through generative AI chatbots: a self-determination theory approach

Suggested Reading

Opinion paper: access versus holdings
Interlending & Document Supply (December,1997)
LAMDA: questions and some answers
Interlending & Document Supply (September,1996)
A review of changes in the delivery of information to users: 12 years of Literature Reviews in Interlending & Document Supply
The Bottom Line (July,2015)
Voyager – British Library ILL interoperability in place
Interlending & Document Supply (March,2003)
News from Ingenta
Interlending & Document Supply (December,2002)

Related Chapters

The Development of Document Supply: Navigating in Stormy Waters
Innovation in Libraries and Information Services
Evolution and Transition
Historical Perspectives on Teacher Preparation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Tensions and Continuities
Innovation for Social Inclusion: Challenges Facing the State University System in Colombia
Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification

Recommended for you

These recommendations are informed by your reading behaviors and indicated interests.

Cited By

Google Scholar
This Feature Is Available To Subscribers Only

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal