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ILL In An Electronic Age, Part 2
Quick question: How applicable is the term "interlibrary loan" when applied to journal articles? I'd imagine it's been quite a while since requests were filled by actually loaning the physical copy of the journal containing the article. Nowadays they are hardly "loans", as there isn't the expectation that the photocopied article will be returned. Even the term "interlibrary" has become less descriptive, with the growing emphasis on patron-initiated requests. Should we use another term in our discussions? Are existing terms such as "document delivery" appropriate? Are there other applicable terms? I guess I'm just concerned that the term "ILL" carries a certain amount of baggage with it, both for librarians and for publishers, and may not adequately describe what we're trying to accomplish in an electronic environment. It wouldn't bother me to continue using the term for our liblicense-l discussions, as long as we all understand that the process rarely involves a "loan", and will be less and less between libraries. Bernie Sloan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bernie Sloan Senior Library Information Systems Consultant University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting 338 Henry Administration Building 506 S. Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217-333-4895 Fax: 217-333-6355 e-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
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