ILLiad and the new brand of ILL service in the University of Edinburgh
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the introduction of ILLiad at the University of Edinburgh and its wider impact.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper provides a hands‐on description by a practitioner of an interlibrary loans (ILL) system new to the UK.
Findings
The paper finds that the introduction of ILLiad has not halted the decline in ILL but has opened the library up to international resource sharing to a significant extent.
Originality/value
This is the first description published of the introduction of ILLiad into the UK.
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Citation
Lobban, M. (2011), "ILLiad and the new brand of ILL service in the University of Edinburgh", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 39 No. 3, pp. 124-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611111164591
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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