An Exploration of Journals Requested by Health Sciences Libraries Through DOCLINE Interlibrary Loan During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
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چکیده
COVID-19 challenged information exchange globally, including interlibrary loan (ILL). This project explored DOCLINE ILL borrowing data from 15 academic, hospital, and association health sciences libraries before during the pandemic to understand gaps in coverage. We reviewed aggregate filled unfilled March August 2019 2020. compared these time periods each other system-wide fill rates. normalized journal titles, added price language, calculated descriptive statistics odds ratios, conducted 2-proportion z-tests of differences. In our sample 14,891 requests, requests being were 2.7 times higher 2020 than 2019. While proportion non-English language content requested did not change, a significantly went The rate for older items also rose between Our findings support conclusion that influenced article request fulfillment libraries. Libraries should consider collection development strategies increase accessibility articles held only print, those with specialized print collections may want prioritize digitization materials. Future research on availability, utility, expense materials more likely remain inform publisher backfile prioritization as well consortial individual library practices.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Issues in science and technology librarianship
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1092-1206']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29173/istl2744