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Citation
(2001), "EASY goes live", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 29 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2001.12229cab.014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
EASY goes live
EASY goes live
Keywords: Interlibrary lending, Document delivery
The EASY (Electronic Article SupplY) project, financed by JISC, aims to make available UK document delivery from electronic sources as a supplement to traditional interlibrary loans. The principle is that for a fee comparable to the going rate for interlibrary loans, articles in digitised form are delivered to the end-user's desktop. The main advantages of the service are:
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improved article delivery time;
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no signatures required for copyright declarations;
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articles can be retained in digitised form on the end-user's desktop (for personal use only).
The service is provided by ingenta and Lancaster University, using Lancaster's ILLOS inter-library loans system, interfacing with ingenta's database. Publishers are co-operating in the experiment, which is designed to produce a win-win situation. Libraries gain electronic access/delivery, while publishers gain a modest income which they do not receive via conventional interlibrary loans.
Initially, EASY will be restricted to ILLOS sites but, subject to funding being available, an ILLOS-EASY applications server for non-ILLOS sites will be set up at Lancaster University.
Further information can be obtained from I.Stuart@lancaster.ac.uk or sphillips@ingenta.com
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