...Lisa Jeskins; Shirley Cousins Purpose This paper's aim is to describe recent developments at Copac – the service that gives access to the merged catalogues of many online catalogues of major university, specialist and national libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library...

...Muriel Haire Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a co‐operative that facilitates interlending and document supply between health libraries in the Republic of Ireland. Design/methodology/approach The development and expansion of the service are described from its...

.../FileStore/Filetoupload,70968,en.pdf (accessed 13 February 2008). References Ashton , S. (2007), “ On document supply in Ireland and the USA: experiences at the Boole Library Cork University ”, Interlending & Document Supply , Vol. 35 No. 4 , pp. 226 ‐ 7 . Beaubien , A.K...

... limitations/implications The paper is based on a survey data of libraries and users (in an academic environment) in the UK and Ireland. As such it provides a snapshot of the situation and represents the views of the participants at that time. Practical implications The user survey shows...

...Susanna Ashton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the Boole Library at Cork University, Ireland with university libraries in the USA in terms of resource sharing and inter‐library lending. Design/methodology/approach Comparisons are made between Boole Library and university...

...Fiona McGoldrick Purpose The purpose of this article is to document the history, development and current status of the IRIS Consortium in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach This article provides a summary of the early history of IRIS. Findings The environment within which IRIS operates...

...Norma McDermott This paper reviews current trends in interlending and document supply in Ireland and speculates on the issues and implications raised by the increase in British Library interlending and document supply charges. The pressures on library and information services, both public...

... of this will be applicable across the UK as a whole. It covers three main areas: diversity of user demand; historical and current collaborative mechanisms; and opportunities to further improve the quality of access. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Library services Access control United Kingdom Ireland This paper...

...Joan Unsworth Summarises statistics from the seven regional library systems in England, the Library Council of the Republic of Ireland and the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales. Provides figures for non‐fiction,fiction and non‐print materials also grouped by source of supply. Notes...

...Annette Kelly Describes the Irish interlending system and the functions of the(Irish) Library Council. Looks at the future of interlending and the findings of the Working Group of the Committee on Library Co‐operation in Ireland. Details the recommendations for future development accepted...

...John WH Watters Shows that for the year 1989/90 there was no significant change in the regional interlending statistics in the British Isles and the Republic of Ireland. Shows that the percentage of requests satisfied by the British Library Documentation and Supply Centre (BLDSC) has increased...

... legislation may have on Regional Library Bureaux status and on interlending, and implications for audio‐visual materials. INTERLIBRARY LENDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND 1988/89 Graham P Cornish Interlending in the British Isles has not changed significantly in the year 1988/89. Demand within regions...