Document delivery through domestic and international collaborations: the KISTI practice

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to introduce the KISTI document delivery service, to describe its collaboration with national and international institutions, and to explore the way KISTI develops and extends international cooperation.

Design/methodology/approach

The article describes the work of KISTI and draws on the transaction data of documents delivered by KISTI.

Findings

Resource sharing through national and international cooperation is becoming of increasing importance in Korea. KISTI operates its document delivery service at three levels: inNIDS, netNIDS, and globalNIDS. KISTI is the focal point in Korea for the delivery of domestic knowledge to other countries.

Originality/value

One of the few articles to deal in detail with the services provided by KISTI – the Korean global document delivery service.

Citation

Yoo, S. (2010), "Document delivery through domestic and international collaborations: the KISTI practice", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611011072378