Section on Document Delivery and Interlending

Medium Term Programme 1998-2001

Scope statement

The objectives of the Section are to promote document delivery and interlending both nationally and internationally in support of the UAP Programme using new technology as well as traditional methods to extend and accelerate the availability of documents.

Goals, 1998-2001 - Action Plans, 1998-1999

Goal 1

Optimise international access to document location information.

Actions:

1.1 The project intends to gather information about the world's national union catalogues and is done in cooperation with the UAP Core Programme and the IFLA Sections on Serial Publications, Bibliography and the ISBN and ISSN International Centres.

1.2 The results of the survey are to be published on IFLANET and as a hard copy.

1.3 The presentation of the hard copy publication should take place during a special session at the IFLA Conference in Amsterdam or Bangkok. (Graham Cornish and UAP Office.)

Goal 2

Monitor the impact of electronic publishing and other forms of automation on document delivery and interlending.

Actions:

2.1 Present a programme in Amsterdam on the topic of Electronic Publishing and the Transformation of Document Delivery and Interlending. (Jim Neale)

2.2 Develop an action agenda as a result of the programme in Amsterdam.

2.3 Support the UAP Office in its efforts to create an electronic version of the voucher scheme.

Goal 3

Monitor the impact of copyright and other legal matters on document delivery in all forms.

Actions:

3.1 Serve as an advocate for a balance in copyright issues by providing technical and specialist expertise to the new IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters. Raise issues regarding customs barriers, cultural exports, and disputed collections.

3.2 Monitor national developments and share with committee and other appropriate bodies.

3.3 Contribute articles to appropriate print and electronic resources.

Goal 4

Develop principles and models in charging for document delivery and interlending.

Action:

No action pending.

Goal 5

Address the special problems of document delivery and interlending in developing countries.

Actions:

5.1 Present intermediate results of the Section's project on "Document Delivery and Interlending in Developing Countries," which is conceived as a model project for future projects of a similar nature, by organizing a programme at the Amsterdam conference where African partners join Danish and Norwegian sponsors to provide an evaluation from both sides.

5.2 Because of the model character of the project, emphasis shall not only be put on the results but also on the way the results have been achieved. Spreading project management experience will be an important point.

5.3 The members of the Section will take care to make the project and its results known both nationally and internationally and in conferences and through publications.

Goal 6

Provide regional seminars and other forms of training for specialists in document delivery and interlending.

Actions:

6.1 Arrange a training session for interlending specialists within the Bangkok conference in cooperation with the UAP Office.

6.2 Investigate the Standing Committee's ability to provide early financial support for the 6th International ILDS Conference in Pretoria, South Africa in 1999.

Goal 7

Train for meeting users needs (satisfying the user).

Action:

No action pending.

Goal 8

Develop and implement protocols and standards.

Actions:

8.1 Expedite the implementation of the ISO ILL Protocol by developing an IFLA-sponsored model presentation and resource packet for use in conferences, workshops and similar gatherings to promote the use of the ISO ILL Protocol 10160 and 10161. The responsibility for the project lies with Standing Committee Member Mary E. Jackson (USA).

8.2 The project includes the following steps:

• development of the presentation and the resource packet
• test of the presentation and the resource packet
• promotion of materials in appropriate conferences and workshops
  8.3 A presentation and one test of the material in the form of a poster session is planned for the Bangkok conference.

  8.4 A workshop is planned for the Bangkok conference with 3 vendors demonstrating the ability to pass a request across dissimilar systems by using the protocol. (Mary Jackson.)

Goal 9

Develop statistical methods in document delivery and interlending.

Action:

No action pending.