Rapid and the new interlending: a cooperative document supply system in the USA Available to Purchase

The purpose of this article is to describe the development of Rapid, a successful document supply system in the USA.

The paper provides a descriptive analysis.

Finds that Rapid reduces costs and speeds up the fulfillment of document supply requests by using a well integrated system that precisely identifies holdings statements of participating libraries.

Gives a good insight into the workings of a cooperative document supply system in the USA with possible applications in other countries.