The COBISS system: supporting interlending and document supply Available to Purchase

Describes the Slovenian co‐operative online bibliographic system and services (COBISS), a development of a shared cataloguing system based on a network of 99 co‐operating libraries and linked with the Institute of Information Science union catalogue (COBIB). Demonstrates how this network of electronic catalogues enables effective online public access and allows co‐ordinated collection development policies and interlending based on the use of electronic mail. Anticipates further development of interlending and document supply functions in the immediate future.