The Interlibrary Loan Protocol: an Osi Solution to Ill Messaging by Fay Turner National Library of Canada
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As interlibrary loan (ILL) becomes an increasingly used resource sharing mechanism for the exchange of books and periodicals, libraries have embraced new technologies to better manage ILL activities. While many efficiencies have been gained through the use of computers and telecommunication networks, the proliferation of telecommunication options, ILL systems and non-standard message formats have made the automated exchange of ILL messages between dissimilar systems very complex.
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As interlibrary loan (ILL) becomes an increasingly used resource sharing mechanism for the exchange of books and periodicals, libraries have embraced new technologies to better manage ILL activities. While many efficiencies have been gained through the use of computers and telecommunication networks, the proliferation of telecommunication options, ILL systems and non-standard message formats ha...
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