Primary Research Group has published: Profiles of Academic Library Inter-
Library Loan Efforts, ISBN 978-157440490-6.
The study is a series of journalistic profiles of the interlibrary loan
efforts of six major academic libraries or consortia: the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Duke University, Northwestern, the University of Delaware,
Claremont Colleges Library, a consortium of 7 colleges in Claremont,
California, including Harvey Mudd College and Pomona College, and the Virtual
Library of Virginia, a consortium of 70 academic libraries in Virginia,
including George Mason University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech
and many others.
Based on interviews with inter-library loan departments heads and other top
officials, the report examines leading edge efforts, including but not
restricted to:
• How libraries are addressing the innate interoperability between
integrated library systems and ILL/document delivery platforms with an
emphasis on new tools that allow disparate systems to communicate with one
another
• Efforts to maximize the inter-library loan of eBooks and manage
copyright and other issues related to eBook lending
• Measures to replace older ILL management systems
• The management of Purchase on Demand systems and their relationship
with ILL
• Outreach to ILL end users and how feedback from them informs
acquisitions decisions
• Emerging programs to increase the sharing of and use of special
collections through strategic use of special ILL measures for special
collections
• Management of ILL consortia
• Management of copyright and publisher licensing restrictions
• And much more
The report was written by Rachel Gordon, Head of Access and Collection
Services and Senior Lecturing Fellow at the Duke University Law Library. A PDF
version of the 50-page special report is currently available for $95.00 and a
print version is in production and will be available for shipment on February
4, 2018 and can be ordered now; hosted or PDF site licenses are also
available.. For a table of contents, excerpt and ordering information, view
our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or visit the product page for this
report directly at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=471
Received on Fri Jan 19 2018 - 11:28:05 EST