From Paper to Electronic: Migrating from Paper Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Request Forms to Electronic-One Approach

• Published in: Journal of interlibrary loan, document delivery & electronic reserve Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Author: Fuller, David H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 11.09.2000; Haworth Press
• Subjects: Document delivery; Electronic media; electronic requests; Exact sciences and technology; Florida University; Information and communication sciences; Information dissemination (open archives, open access,...) and document delivery; Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction; Information science. Documentation; Information service management; interlibrary loan; Interloans; Library and documentation centre management; library technology; Requests; Sciences and techniques of general use; University libraries; Use for; User service management; Florida; United States; North America; America; Demand; Interlibrary loan; Electronic document; Higher education library; Evolution; Paper; Process; Planning; Electronic data interchange; Document delivery; User need; Printed form
• ISSN: 1072-303X; 1540-3572
• DOI: 10.1300/J110v10n03_01

Doing more with less probably has been one of the major themes in librarianship over the past decade. As library technology continues to evolve, this theme perhaps no longer holds the negative connotation that it once did. Instead it provides librarians with an opportunity to rise to the challenge of meeting increased user needs through improved internal processes and procedures. One example of this is the endeavor to migrate from paper interlibrary loan borrowing request forms to electronic ones. The purpose of this article is to examine one approach to this task.