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The usage of ILLiad and Get It Now at a US medium-sized academic library over a three-year period

The usage of ILLiad and Get It Now at a US medium-sized academic library over a three-year period PurposeAs 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/approachThis paper examines the usage of these two services for the three fiscal years following the implementation of Get It Now at Bradley University.FindingsQuestions addressed are as follows. How have they been used over the three-year time period? Which user status group has been using them, undergraduates, graduate students or faculty members? Which departments on campus have been using them the most?Originality/valueThis study is the first to look at the usage of Get It Now and ILLiad together over multiple years. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Interlending & Document Supply Emerald Publishing

The usage of ILLiad and Get It Now at a US medium-sized academic library over a three-year period

Interlending & Document Supply , Volume 44 (2): 7 – May 16, 2016

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0264-1615
DOI
10.1108/ILDS-02-2016-0007
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Abstract

PurposeAs 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/approachThis paper examines the usage of these two services for the three fiscal years following the implementation of Get It Now at Bradley University.FindingsQuestions addressed are as follows. How have they been used over the three-year time period? Which user status group has been using them, undergraduates, graduate students or faculty members? Which departments on campus have been using them the most?Originality/valueThis study is the first to look at the usage of Get It Now and ILLiad together over multiple years.

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Interlending & Document SupplyEmerald Publishing

Published: May 16, 2016

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