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Usage of electronic journals and their effect on interlibrary loan: A case study at the University of Nevada, Reno
✍ Scribed by Paoshan W. Yue; Millie L. Syring
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-9055
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✦ Synopsis
As libraries increase their electronic journal collections, would dependence on interlibrary loan decrease? This paper reports a case study at the University of Nevada, Reno, University Libraries (UNR) focusing on the usage of the Elsevier online journal package and interlibrary loan (ILL) borrowing activities. It analyzes four-years' worth of UNR usage and ILL statistics, gathered between July 1999 and June 2003. It also provides observations and explanations from a perspective beyond statistics, at the level of library services and the campus demographic and research environments.