Mike McGrath

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 80

Purpose – The papers aim is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals, as well as monographs, reports and web sites.Findings – The Finch report in the UK recommends the Gold route to open access and with this a tipping point would appear to have been reached for open access – at least where authors are funded. More papers from the 12th ILDS conference are reviewed.Originality/value – The paper represents a useful source for librarians and others concerned with interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: No 89

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the current LIS literature relating to Interlending and Document Supply and related issues such as open access. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a reading of about 150 journals together with reports, blogs, web sites, etc. Findings – This paper argues that the tipping point for open access has already arrived and is now acknowledged widely. Now new tensions and complications are emerging to do with funding and control. Significant changes in UK copyright law, specifically contract no longer trumping copyright will have widespread ramifications. Originality/value – This paper is the only review of the LIS literature that focuses on Interlending and Document Supply and related issues.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 59

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – The article covers the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.Findings – That the fundamental debate on the direction of scholarly publishing continues intensely and that opposition is growing to DRM constraints. Electronic books remain a small minority market but the mass digitisation of books is proceeding apace. Open access continues to grow but with widely differing views on its impact – the publishers start to fight back.Originality/value – The paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters.

Assumptions versus reality: user behaviour in sourcing scholarly information

Reviews recent interlending and document supply literature. Considers the implications of open accesss archiving and the ongoing developments in consortia and electronic journals. A number of other issues are reviewed briefly.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 61

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and web sites.Findings – It was found that the fundamental debate on the direction of scholarly publishing continues intensely. Electronic books remain a minority market but some commentators suggest that screen readability has improved significantly. The mass digitisation of books continues apace. Open Access continues to grow but with widely differing views on its impact – the publishers fight back.Originality/value – The paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 60

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – The article is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.Findings – That the fundamental debate on the direction of scholarly publishing continues intensely. Electronic books remain a minority market but screen readability has improved significantly. The mass digitisation of books continues apace. Open access continues to grow but with widely differing views on its impact – the publishers start to fight back.Originality/value – The paper is a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 76

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.Findings – Resistance to the Big Deals for journals is still growing – in particular because of the current budget cuts that are hitting libraries badly but publishers remain complacent. Interesting movements on the copyright front as the Hargreaves report in the UK is accepted by the government and the STM Association gets upset. Patron driven acquisition receives a lot of attention in the literature – when will the world outside of the US pay as much attention?Originality/value – The paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters such as resource sharing and open access.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 71

Purpose – This review aims to provide a summary of the most recent articles published on document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and web sites.Findings – At the time of writing the cuts due to hit libraries have not yet taken place but reports and articles all indicate cuts of 5‐10 per cent – although that seems optimistic. Open Access continues to grow, with the US FRPAA receiving cross‐party support. If passed it will have a transformative effect on OA. Document supply as such gets plenty of coverage including the Espresso Book machine, and there is much debate on pay per view and in particular DeepDyve.Originality/value – The paper is the only regular review of the document supply literature and related areas. It will be of particular value to document supply librarians.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 70

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and web sites.Findings – The paper finds that document supply (both returnables and non‐returnables) continues to grow in the USA albeit more modestly than in the past; however globally decline continues although again more modestly. The tension caused by the Big Deals and Serial backfiles consuming more and more of reduced library budgets will increase as the cuts bite. Statistical analysis of serial usage continues with interesting results showing that 50 per cent of journals in many libraries only account for a few percentage points of demandOriginality/value – The paper is a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters.

Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 72

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning ILL, document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.Findings – Resistance to Big Deals for journals continues to grow – perhaps 2011 will be the crunch year for their continuation, although their attraction for users continues to be high. Big Deals for books are now becoming popular. Empirical studies on Open Access confirm its continued growth.Originality/value – The paper is a useful source of information for librarians and others who are interested in ILL, document supply and related matters such as resource sharing, mass digitisation and open access.