New Hall Cambridge, 7 - 9 July 2003
Presentations
Tuesday, 8th July
9.45 Keynote Address: Mary Jackson
Barriers to international interlending: aggravating
annoyances or impossible impediments
MARY JACKSON is the Director of Collections
and Access Programs for the Association of Research Libraries
(ARL) in Washington, DC. In that position she serves as
Project Manager for the Scholars Portal Project and oversees
the 2002 Assessing ILL/DD Services.
Mary is an internationally recognized authority
on interlibrary loan, document delivery, and resource sharing
issues. She has written extensively on these topics; is
regularly called upon as a consultant to libraries, consortia,
and networks; and has given presentations and workshops
in the U.S., Canada, and over 15 other countries. She is
a member of IFLA’s Governing Board and Professional Committee
and chairs the IFLA Standing Committee on Document Delivery
and Interlending. She serves on the Editorial Board of Interlending
and Document Supply. Her major publications include
Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Products: An
Overview of Current Features and Functionality, Measuring
the Performance of Interlibrary Loan Operations in North
American Research and College Libraries, and Uses
of Document Delivery Services.
Prior to her affiliation with ARL, Mary managed
the Interlibrary Loan Department and served in other positions
at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Mary was awarded a BA degree from Carroll
College in Waukesha, Wisconsin and a MLS from Drexel University
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Synopsis
The possibility of having an interlending
request filled by a library or supplier in another country
or on another continent has increased dramatically over
the past decade. Web-based catalogues facilitate discovery,
email and standards-based requesting eliminate postal delays,
and Ariel and other electronic delivery methods speed delivery.
However, the percentage of international resource sharing
remains modest. This presentation will identify barriers
to international lending, speculate on the probability of
removing those barriers, and offer some suggestions on how
to eliminate them.
Presentation
(Microsoft PowerPoint file, 145KB)
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