Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to describe Article Exchange – OCLC’s cloud-based document delivery service.
Design/methodology/approach
– In this study, Article Exchange is described in detail.
Findings
– Article Exchange has proved popular with OCLC users with more than 50,000 documents uploaded in January 2013 alone by more than 1,000 libraries.
Practical implications
– The new service facilitates improved delivery of documents electronically.
Originality/value
– This article is useful for all librarians who are concerned with delivering documents electronically in an increasingly complex technical and legal environment.
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