ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP OF INTER LIBRARY LOAN DEPARTMENTS CONSORTIA COOPERATIVES NETWORKS
INTRODUCTION
The Routledge/Taylor & Francis peer reviewed Journal of Inter library Loan,
Document Delivery & Electronic
Reserve (JILDDER) has merged with Resource Sharing & Information Networks and is now accepting articles for
Summer and Fall 2010 publication. Of particular interest to JILDDER are articles regarding resource sharing,
unmediated borrowing, electronic reserve, cooperative collection development, shared virtual library services,
digitization projects and other multi-library collaborative efforts including the following topics:
· cooperative purchasing and shared collections
· consortial delivery systems
· shared storage facilities
· administration and leadership of inter library loan departments, networks, cooperatives, and consortia
· training, consulting and continuing education provided by consortia
· use of inter library loan statistics for book and periodical acquisitions, weeding and collection management
· selection and use of cutting-edge technologies and services used for inter library loan and electronic
reserve, such as Ariel, Illiad, Black Board, Relais and other proprietary and open-source software
· copyright and permission issues concerning inter library loan and electronic reserve
· aspects of quality assurance, efficiency studies, best practices, library 2.0, the impact of Open WorldCat
and Google Scholar, buy instead of borrow and practical practices addressing special problems of international
inter library loan, international currency, payment problems, IFLA, and shipping
· inter library loan of specialized library materials such as music, media, CDs, DVDs, items from electronic
subscriptions and legal materials
· special problems of medical, music, law, government and other unique types of libraries
· new opportunities in inter library loan and the enhancement of inter library loan as a specialization
ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP OF INTER LIBRARY LOAN DEPARTMENTS CONSORTIA COOPERATIVES NETWORKS