[ILL-L] Call for Papers: Journal of Interlibrary Loan...

[Samantha Gust]

The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve (published by Taylor & Francis) is seeking manuscripts for the fourth issue of 2009.


The focus of the Journal is interlibrary loan, document delivery, and electronic reserve, but other resource sharing subjects will be considered as well.



Topics for submissions are limited only by the creativity of the contributors!

Recommended topics include but are not limited to:


 *   the use of interlibrary loan statistics for book and periodical acquisitions, weeding and collection management


 *   selection and use of cutting-edge technologies and services used for interlibrary loan and electronic reserve, such as Ariel, Illiad, BlackBoard, Relais and other proprietary and open-source software packages


 *   copyright and permission issues concerning interlibrary loan and electronic reserve


 *   aspects of quality assurance, efficiency studies, best practices, common practices, library 2.0, the impact of Open WorldCat and Google Scholar, buy instead of borrow and practical practices


 *   addressing special problems of international interlibrary loan, including Third World country libraries; international currency; payment problems; IFLA; and shipping


 *   interlibrary loan of specialized library materials such as music, media, CDs, DVDs, items from electronic subscriptions and legal materials


 *   special problems of medical, music, law, government and other unique types of libraries


 *   new opportunities in interlibrary loan and the enhancement of interlibrary loan as a specialization and career growth position in library organizations
 *   and more!

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Submission Procedure:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 15 to be considered for the fourth issue of 2009.

Please send all submissions and questions electronically to the Guest Editor, Samantha Gust (Reference/Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Niagara University Library), at gust at niagara.edu<mailto:gust at niagara.edu>.

For author guidelines, please visit:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1072-303X&linktype=44

Thank you, and I look forward to receiving your submissions!

Samantha J. Gust
Reference/Interlibrary Loan Librarian
Niagara University Library
5795 Lewiston Road
Niagara University, NY 14109
Email: gust at niagara.edu<mailto:gust at niagara.edu>
Voice: 716-286-8031
Fax: 716-286-8006

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