Editorial

Citation

(2005), "Editorial", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 33 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2005.12233aaa.001

Editorial

Open Access interest has hit a peak in this period and this is reflected in the coverage in the Literature Review and a separate review of four reports by Mike McGrath. Whether the peak is a foothill of a greater range to come or will prove to be isolated is still not clear. UK readers are well catered for with articles on document delivery projects sponsored by the Higher Education funding body – JISC. Rose Goodier gives us a blow by blow account of the rise and decline of LAMDA and Gordon Bower, the project manager of Docusend gives a frank account of Docusend, an ambitious project to provide a one stop service for end users. Stephen Prowse with his usual dry wit reviews the National Audit Office report on the services to remote users provided by the British Library. Turning to the public library sector, Linda Berube brings a sharp eye to complexities of delivering electronic content to the UK citizen – lessons here are not only for the UK. From Eastern Europe Sreko Jeluši gives us an ambitious overview of the current state of play with publishers, copyright and document delivery in 11 countries. A magisterial piece by Roxanne Missingham and Margarita Moreno assesses the development of document delivery services in Australia from a National Library perspective. Disintermediation or patron initiation of document delivery is growing in influence, growth that will be stimulated by the ARL report by Mary Jackson mentioned in the Literature Review and Docdel Roundup. Lynn Chmelir describes the success of such a service in six university libraries in Washington State. Illegitimate photocopying is the driver for much of the current technical developments such as digital rights management and Rose Okiy gives us the results if a study in Nigeria which shows this to be widespread. The increasing number of e only journals managed in a DRM environment will make this practice more difficult but will certainly have unforeseen consequences – such as giving impetus to the Open Access movement! Maurice Line contributes a review of a monograph on JSTOR and Joachim Schöpfel reports on an important meeting of French document delivery librarians. Last but definitely not least, Mary Jackson reports on the ISO ILL meeting held in Washington DC on October – a predictably dense but cogent piece; and Stephanie Allen and Terry Bucknell report on an e-books seminar held in the north of England.

The next issue of ILDS (33,2) will be a festschrift for Maurice Line. Articles by illuminati of the library world will be complemented by pieces that reflect Maurice’s wit and will include his awesomely large bibliography.