TY - JOUR AB - The desirability of electronic document delivery systems has been argued for years and the reasons for the slow progress of the idea are discussed. An explanation of the technical background is provided followed by some examples of electronic means of information distribution such as facsimile and discā€based systems. Some experimental projects are described and the article concludes with a description of document image processing systems used for business purposes which have a number of features in common with delivery systems. VL - 47 IS - 1 SN - 0022-0418 DO - 10.1108/eb026872 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026872 AU - CAWKELL A.E. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS T2 - Journal of Documentation PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 41 EP - 73 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -