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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2016 Objective – To determine if “Big Deal” journal subscription packages are a cost-effective way to provide electronic journal access to academic library users versus individual subscriptions, pay-per-view, and interlibrary loans (ILL).
Kathleen Reed
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Services of Public Libraries in the Age of Technology: A Pakistani Perspective
SAGE Open, 2023 The research evaluated public libraries in Pakistan concerning their ICT resources, services and use of various ICT tools in service delivery. The research was quantitative and relied on a survey to collect the necessary data.
Mohamad Sohail Haider +2 more
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Differences Between the Perception and Use of Virtual Reference Services for Complex Questions
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2023 A Review of: Mawhinney, T., & Hervieux, S. (2022). Dissonance between Perceptions and Use of Virtual Reference Methods. College & Research Libraries, 83(3), 503–525.
Kathy Grams
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2012 Objectives – To determine the number of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests in academic libraries in the United States of America over the period 1997-2008, and how various factors have influenced these rates.
Kathryn Oxborrow
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2007 Objective To compare the performance of the Queen Elizabeth II Document Deliveryoperation before and after the implementation of Relais International’s Enterprise documentdelivery software.Methods This paper employs methodology established in the ...
Patrick Warner
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Ebooks Licensing and Canadian Copyright Legislation: A Few Considerations
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2009 Ebooks have become increasingly common in collection development strategies. The availability and delivery of monographs in digital formats has gained significantly in popularity in many libraries, particularly in the academic sector.
Tony G Horava
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2013 Objective – Texas A&M University Libraries have delivered free documents and interlibrary loans for ten years via the Get it for me service. This study explores whether the needs of customers are being met, areas for improvement, acceptable turnaround ...
Kathleen Reed
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2011 Objectives – To examine patterns of Inter-Library Loans and Document Supply (ILL) in a large network of libraries over a period of five years, in order to establish whether ILL services are being used to replace journal subscriptions.
Kathryn Oxborrow
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A journal cancellation survey and resulting impact on interlibrary loan
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2017 Objective: The research describes an extensible method of evaluating and cancelling electronic journals during a budget shortfall and evaluates implications for interlibrary loan (ILL) and user satisfaction.
Jacob L. Nash, Karen R. McElfresh
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Electronic Journals Appear to Reduce Interlibrary Lending in Academic Libraries
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2007 Objective – To determine the impact of electronic journals on interlibrary loan (ILL) activity. The hypothesis predicted that ILL requests would fall by approximately 10% during a four-year period, that e-journal use would increase by 10% per year and ...
John Loy
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