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2009

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Lending And Borrowing Across Borders: Issues And Challenges With International Resource Sharing, Tina Baich, Tim Jiping Zou, Heather Weltin, Zheng Ye Yang Oct 2009

Lending And Borrowing Across Borders: Issues And Challenges With International Resource Sharing, Tina Baich, Tim Jiping Zou, Heather Weltin, Zheng Ye Yang

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

The charge of the RUSA Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) International Interlibrary Loan Committee is to evaluate trends in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and resource sharing, to develop materials and resources for international ILL practitioners, and to promote international ILL resource sharing efforts. In 2006, the committee decided to survey U.S. libraries regarding their international ILL activities as a way to gather information on the current environment and identify strategies for improving international ILL. The survey was deployed in the spring of 2007. In the fall of 2008, the committee members drafted an executive summary, which was …


Library Consortia In China, Elaine Xiaofen Dong, Tim Jiping Zou Mar 2009

Library Consortia In China, Elaine Xiaofen Dong, Tim Jiping Zou

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper traces the history and development of library consortia in China from 1980 to the present. It also gives examples and descriptions of various types of library consortia in China, including academic, public, special, multi-type library consortia at the regional and national level.