TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The paper's aim is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach– The paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals, as well as monographs, reports and web sites.Findings– The Finch report in the UK recommends the Gold route to open access and with this a tipping point would appear to have been reached for open access – at least where authors are funded. More papers from the 12th ILDS conference are reviewed.Originality/value– The paper represents a useful source for librarians and others concerned with interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access. VL - 40 IS - 4 SN - 0264-1615 DO - 10.1108/02641611211283822 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611211283822 AU - McGrath Mike PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/01/01 TI - Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 80 T2 - Interlending & Document Supply PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 172 EP - 177 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -