Twenty years of interlibrary lending and document supply automation in Spanish academic libraries (1992-2012)

Authors

  • Josep-Manuel Rodrí­guez-Gairin El profesional de la información

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.nov.02

Keywords:

Interlibrary loan, Document delivery, Automation, Academic libraries, Spain.

Abstract

Trends over the past 20 years (1992-2012) of interlibrary lending and document supply (ILDS) automation in Spanish academic libraries are discussed. Taking into account the routines and procedures carried out by ILDS services -document identification, localization, document request, reception of borrowed items and user services or internal management- the article lists the software used in Spanish universities to handle these services, setting it into the context of the evolution of each process in parallel with software developments.

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Published

2012-11-25

How to Cite

Rodrí­guez-Gairin, J.-M. (2012). Twenty years of interlibrary lending and document supply automation in Spanish academic libraries (1992-2012). Profesional De La información, 21(6), 557–566. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.nov.02