... with a case study of DocFlow, an ILL management system developed in-house at Karolinska Institutet and its integration with Libris, the national interlending system in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach – The present paper describes how system integration between Libris and DocFlow was accomplished...

...Jan Hagerlid Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of national libraries in developing national open access infrastructure and policy on the basis of the experiences of the National Library (NL) of Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The paper is descriptive based...

... architecture are described. Findings Initially, SAGA was tailored for the needs of the medical library at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Subsequently, it has been implemented at other Swedish academic libraries. The system has features for automating the workflows associated with document supply for both...

... Sagnert can be contacted at: britt.sagnert@kb.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Interlending Document supply National libraries Sweden Kungl. biblioteket, the National Library of Sweden, is responsible for the maintenance and development of the various national LIBRIS...

...Kjell Nilsson Organized co‐operation between Swedish research libraries dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, when work began on the Swedish union catalogue. In 1990, Sweden, with 6,127 requests per 100,000 population,was the most interlending intensive country in Europe. However...