International

“Resource Sharing (alternately known as Interlibrary Loan) is a core library service because no library owns all resources to meet their patrons’ needs. This is particularly the case when patrons need resources in foreign languages for teaching, research, publication, or leisure reading. Some foreign publications may not be available outside that country or region. Libraries […]

“The RUSA STARS Executive Committee charged the International Interlibrary Loan Committee with evaluating trends in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and resource sharing, to develop materials and resources for international ILL practitioners, and to promote international ILL resource sharing efforts. Since information concerning international interlibrary borrowing and lending is limited, the Committee identified information gathering as

“In 2011, the STARS International Interlibrary Loan Committee wanted to assess international ILL from a more international perspective. A survey was created in SurveyMonkey, an online survey tool, and distributed to both U.S. and non-U.S. libraries via various electronic discussion lists and direct contacts with international libraries. 632 respondents began the survey, while 404 (63.9%)

“The charge of the STARS International Interlibrary Loan Committee is to evaluate trends in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and resource sharing, to develop materials and resources for international ILL practitioners, and to promote international ILL resource sharing efforts. The Committee recognized the need for information about international ILL activities as the first steptowards fulfilling this

“A key part of the RUSA STARS International ILL committee’s charge is to evaluate trends in international interlibrary loan and resource sharing, and to this end, it has conducted four surveys since 2007 inquiring about libraries’ international borrowing and lending practices. The 2019 survey is the third iteration to target a global audience and the

“The quadrennial international interlibrary loan survey is one of the fundamental, core charges of the American Library Association (ALA) Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) International ILL Committee. The survey was first undertaken in 2007, with the current (2023) survey being the fifth iteration. The 2023 survey

“The International ILL Toolkit is a freely available, crowd-sourced asset, initiated by the OCLC SHARES resource sharing consortium, designed to promote and enable greater ease of global resource sharing (interlibrary loan and document delivery) among libraries. Components of the Toolkit include: A list of lenders from around the world with contact, delivery, and payment information