Interlending in the Emerging Networked Environment: Implications for the ILL Protocol Standard (1995)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 Definitions

2. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE ILL PROTOCOL

3. ILL SCENARIOS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE ILL PROTOCOL
   3.1 Scenario 1: Document Supply Using Point to Point ILL: The “Canadian” Model
   3.2 Scenario 2: Document Supply Via an ILL Utility: The “US” Model
   3.3 Scenario 3: Patron Initiated ILL
   
   3.3.1 Scenario 3A: Library as Requester: OCLC Model
   3.3.2 Scenario 3B: Library as Intermediary: FCLA Model
   
   3.4 Scenario 4: Document Supply Based on ILL with Circulation Knowledge
   
   3.4.1 Scenario 4A: Requester Checks Status
   3.4.2 Scenario 4B: Utility Checks Circulation Status
   
   3.5 Scenario 5: Reciprocal Borrowing
   
   3.5.1 Scenario 5A: Reciprocal Borrowing as Resource Sharing
   3.5.2 Scenario 5B: Reciprocal Borrowing as Patron Sharing
   
   3.6 Scenario 6: Commercial Document Supply
   

4. Z39.50, ILL AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY

5. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

6. REFERENCES

List of Figures

Figure 1 - Point-to-Point ILL (29K)
Figure 2 - Point-to-Point ILL with Forwarding (37K)
Figure 3 - ILL via a Utility as Intermediary (53K)
Figure 4 - ILL Requests Passed to Other Utilities (11K)
Figure 5 - Direct Patron Requesting: Utility Manages Transaction (43K)
Figure 6 - Direct Patron Requesting: Library Manages Transaction (13K)
Figure 7 - Requesting Library Checks Availability (15K)
Figure 8 - ILL with Locations: Intermediary Manages Transactions (31K)
Figure 9 - Reciprocal Borrowing as Resource Sharing (20K)
Figure 10 - Reciprocal Borrowing as Patron Sharing (18K)
Figure 11 - Combined Use of ILL and Z39.50 Item Order (59K)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Library of Canada, the NAILDD Project and the ZIG. He would also like to express his appreciation to Fay Turner, National Library of Canada, for her editorial support and to Leigh Swain, UDT Programme Director, for publishing this document as part of the UDT Series on Data Communication Technologies and Standards for Libraries.

J. C. Zeeman
Software Kinetics Limited