英文摘要 |
Parallel to the need to evolve a new service mode for library loans in response to advances in information technology and growing demands from patrons is the need to introduce document delivery services in response to the readily available databases, user-friendly search engines and the ultimate need to access full-text documents. While developments in interlibrary systems and alliances have resulted in an array of interlibrary loan services, they have also blurred the lines between interlibrary loan services and document delivery services. The emergence of electronic resources is altering the nature of library acquisitions and holdings, while the ease with which full-text databases may be accessed is changing users' research habits and their channels through which information is obtained. Libraries and document delivery service provides will need to examine their own changing roles in the information era. |