Resource Sharing in Libraries: Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends

Library Technology Reports (vol. 49, no. 1) "Resource Sharing in Libraries: Concepts, Products, Technologies, and Trends" provides information on the resource-sharing alternatives available today, explores some of the relevant technology trends underway, and looks at the evolving strategies emerging as libraries continue to seek innovative ways to provide more resources to their patrons despite the realities of reduced staff and collection budgets. It reviews the major products that provide interlibrary loan and resource-sharing services and automate interlibrary loan operations.