Resource Sharing in Libraries : Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends Paperback / softback
by Marshall Breeding
Part of the Library Technology Reports series
Paperback / softback
Description
Supplementing your local collection through resource sharing is a smart way to ensure your library has the resources to satisfy the needs of your users.
Marshall Breeding's new Library Technology Report explores technologies and strategies for sharing resources, helping you streamline workflows and improve resource-sharing services.
Covering key strategies like interlibrary loan, consortial borrowing, document delivery, and shared collections, you'll also learn about such trends and services as: OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing, and other systems that facilitate cooperative, reciprocal lendingSystem-to-system communications that allow integrated systems to interact with resource-sharing environmentsTechnical components that reliably automate patron requests, routing to suppliers with tools for tracking, reporting, and staff intervention as neededSpecialised applications that simplify document delivery, such as Ariel, Odyssey, or OCLC s Article ExchangeHow the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) can enable borrowing among consortial libraries using separate integrated library systemsThe Orbis Cascade Alliance consortium, examined using a case study
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:35 pages
- Publisher:American Library Association
- Publication Date:30/03/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780838958803
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:35 pages
- Publisher:American Library Association
- Publication Date:30/03/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780838958803
