Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Practices in Israeli College Libraries

The book is based on research which aimed to
characterize the interlibrary loans practices in
Israeli college libraries and to assess the effects
of increased demand on the university libraries who
were the main suppliers of college libraries ILL
requests.
The results show that the college libraries request
predominantly from the social sciences and
humanities and that university libraries
specializing in these fields were the main
suppliers. They also showed that university
libraries with large book collections received more
requests from colleges than libraries with smaller
specialized collections.
The main effects on the universities of increased
demand for ILL was staff pressure and organizational
changes such as standardization and widespread use
of software.
The study recommends that college libraries use the
same ILL software as the universities, continue to
develop their collections so that they are able to
reciprocate in the ILL process, and increase
cooperation by creating consortia especially for ILL
to ensure standardization of prices, methods of
ordering, correspondence and delivery.

Autorentext

Lynne Porat is in charge of the Interlibrary Loan Department and the Library Assessment Team at the University of Haifa Library in Israel and holds a doctorate in Information Science from Bar-Ilan University. She is married to Amit a general practitioner and has three teenage children: Eitan, Hila and Maayan.

Klappentext

The book is based on research which aimed to characterize the interlibrary loans practices in Israeli college libraries and to assess the effects of increased demand on the university libraries who were the main suppliers of college libraries ILL requests.The results show that the college libraries request predominantly from the social sciences and humanities and that university libraries specializing in these fields were the main suppliers. They also showed that university libraries with large book collections received more requests from colleges than libraries with smaller specialized collections. The main effects on the universities of increased demand for ILL was staff pressure and organizational changes such as standardization and widespread use of software. The study recommends that college libraries use the same ILL software as the universities, continue to develop their collections so that they are able to reciprocate in the ILL process, and increase cooperation by creating consortia especially for ILL to ensure standardization of prices, methods of ordering, correspondence and delivery.