OCLC Interlending and Document Supply Services: A REVIEW OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS

OCLC Services available since 1971 are now providing access to 27 million items in 45 countries. Outlines current abilities and future developments including: PRISM AND PRISM ILL, a new telecommunications network and its ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst databases. Discusses the introduction of its document delivery service, OCLC Dispatch and Gateway access to reference services from local and campus information networks planned for 1993. OCLC has undertaken multidimensional planning to provide it with a many faceted framework to develop its resource sharing potential now and in the future.