Abstract:Purpose
As medium-sized academic libraries’ budgets continue to shrink or cannot compete with inflation rates, document delivery options like ILLiad and unmediated Get It Now can play a prominent role in providing content lost due to the inevitable cancellation of serial subscriptions. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of using these two options in a US university.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines the usage of these two services for the three fiscal years following the implementation of G… Show more
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