...Lynne Porat The growing need for libraries to minimise expenses and reduce the number of labour‐intensive tasks has prompted the ILL unit of the library at the University of Haifa in Israel to undertake a systematic process of automation. The article describes the process and development...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Library services Interlending Automation OCLC plans to distribute ILLiad software to help libraries streamline interlibrary loan process Keywords Library services, Interlending, Automation OCLC has signed a letter of intent...

... of recent change on developing countries and consider the issue of whether the gap between the information rich and the information poor is widening or closing and what can be done to close it. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Document supply Automation Interlending United Kingdom...

...Sheila Broadmeadow Describes the design and implementation of an automated document request system at the BT Laboratories library, Ipswich, UK. The system allows users to enter requests for documents from their own workstations. The requests are transmitted to the British Library Document Supply...

... automated interlibrary lending (ILL) request and routing system. Reviews the feasibility study for a pilot European interlending system. Looks at the issue of copyright. Provides examples of decentralised ILL systems found in Australia and South Africa. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Automation Document...

...Phil Barden Examines the way in which the ADONIS automated document delivery system was implemented at the British Library Supply Centre (BLDSC). Looks at the problems incurred during integration attempts; outlines a costing model devised to assess the costs of photocopying as opposed to the ADONIS...

...). Considers the problems of matching requests that did not originate from database hosts where the bibliographic information was of a poorer quality. Finally, examines the relative merits of different serial article identification schemes. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Automation Document supply...

...L Costers Discusses the voluntary and co‐operative basis of interlibrary lending among libraries in the Netherlands. Outlines the co‐operative development of an automated Union Catalogue and ILL system. Examines the country′s involvement in international work on ILL system and moves towards further...

... material for the experiments. Shows that such systems are technically feasible and may have considerable benefit in providing research workers with a “just‐in‐time” information delivery service that avoids some of the inherent costs of more traditional methods. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Automation...

...John R Sherwell Examines the library at Smith Kline & French Research, which has been using an automated interlibrary loans system based on BASIS text retrieval software since 1986. Describes various approaches to automation. Shows how the new system allows R&D staff to enter requests...