This policy directory was compiled to facilitate the processing of interlibrary loan requests among the libraries of the Capital District Library Council (CDLC). The information provided results from a questionnaire completed by the interlibrary loan staff of the CDLC libraries in December 1977. Interlibrary lending policies and reproduction…

This book focuses primarily on interlibrary loan, defined here as one library lending its materials to another library. A nationwide survey of mutltitype libraries was conducted and the results are reported throughout the body of the book. Each chapter is devoted to a particular aspect of interlibrary loan (ILL) and is followed by an extensive…

This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit reports results of a survey of 82 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions conducted in early 1992 in order to gather information on interlibrary loan by examining a number of operation and management changes that are occurring and the steps that might be taken to ease the pressure…

When this practicum was undertaken, Ricks College had no written policy governing its interlibrary loan service and was entering into a new service called facsimile transmission which had the potential of multiplying interlibrary loans greatly, thereby escalating existing problems and frustrations. Other libraries' policies were studied and…

This paper provides background on the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program, describes the context for making decisions about future priorities, and presents proposals for changes in the Utah State Library Division policies, services, and funding. A discussion on federal funding for library services includes a brief history of LSCA,…