Sharing resources in Finnish university libraries: reorganising the national document supply system
Abstract
Purpose
To describe the development of interlending and document supply (ILDS) in Finland and the recent initiative to move to patron initiated ILDS.
Design/methodology/approach
Historical narrative and analysis.
Findings
That ILDS in Finland is declining primarily because of the “Big Deals” and the introduction of ILDS charges after the privatisation of the postal service. That Finland needs to move to a more developed patron initiated culture for the supply of documents to users.
Practical implications
The need for further ILDS software development has been identified in order to underpin unmediated ILDS; this will be progressed during 2006.
Originality/value
Provides information on the current ILDS situation in Finland and to a lesser extent other Nordic countries. Provides an insight into how a European country is moving towards unmediated ILDS.
Keywords
Citation
Muhonen, A., Jauhiainen, A. and Vattulainen, P. (2006), "Sharing resources in Finnish university libraries: reorganising the national document supply system", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610610669732
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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