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Interlibrary lending and similar extension services.
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| Author | Uridge, Margaret D. |
| Abstract | long been recognized as a necessary adjunct to the more direct service functions of libraries. It has a place not only in the reference and circulation services but also as a consideration in the development of acquisition policies, administrative cooperation, and public relations. Intensive discussions of cooperation between libraries will inevitably touch upon interlibrary loans as a fundamental, basic concept as well as an example of successful interlibrary cooperation. Thus references are made to interlibrary loans in several previous issues of Library Trends. In one issue, Carl Melinat l has written an article entitled 'qnterlibrary Lending. " He briefly summarizes the growth of interlibrary loans in the United States from the oft-quoted first suggestion in print by S. S. Green in 1876 through the cost studies by J. G. Hodgson in 1951, with references to the 1940 Interlibrary Loan Code and its later revision by the A.C.R.L. Committee on Interlibrary Loans which is entitled "General Interlibrary Loan Code 1952. " Most of his article, however, is a report on the 1949 survey he made on procedures, practices, and problems in interlibrary loans with the answers to his questionnaire given by 100 libraries, which included 50 university and special libraries, 30 college libraries, and 20 public libraries. His survey was made before the development and adoption of |
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| Subject Keyword | Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Lending Similar Extension Service Qnterlibrary Lending Later Revision Direct Service Function Thus Reference Basic Concept A.c.r.l. Committee Interlibrary Loan Code Special Library Library Trend Cost Study Administrative Cooperation Circulation Service Successful Interlibrary Cooperation Public Relation Intensive Discussion Public Library Oft-quoted First Suggestion General Interlibrary Loan Code Carl Melinat Necessary Adjunct Several Previous Issue Acquisition Policy College Library United State |
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