TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The paper's aim is to provide insights into interlending and document supply (ILDS) practices in Spain in the current environment of library consortia and to present recent trends in academic ILDS services.Design/methodology/approach– An overview of the Spanish library system is provided followed by a more detailed look at cooperation generally and interlending and document supply specifically. Finally a survey of researchers and their use of e‐journals and alternative methods of access in a medical library.Findings– After some years of decline interlending and document supply is experiencing modest increases. Some interesting results from the survey on the tolerance to use document supply instead of low use journals are found.Originality/value– The paper presents a current overview of the situation in Spain for library cooperation, interlending and document supply.
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
SN  - 0264-1615
DO  - 10.1108/02641611111187613
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611111187613
AU  - Echeverría Mercedes
AU  - Jiménez Sonsoles
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Interlending and document supply in the context of Spanish library consortia
T2  - Interlending & Document Supply
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 190
EP  - 199
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -