TY - JOUR
T1 - Explosive ill growth at the university of montana
T2 - A case study
AU - Farr, Marianne
AU - Brown, Barry
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - This article explores the causes and the consequences of rapid growth in Interlibrary Loan use at the University of Montana between 1984-1990. For many years the state university library had emphasized traditional collection development and ownership. Since 1984, however, slow attrition of the acquisition budget, coupled with serials inflation, and a concomitant development of new electronic information sources, has forced a new emphasis —access, resource sharing, and temporaiy ownership. The result has been a steady and rapid growth of the Interlibrary Loan service. From.
AB - This article explores the causes and the consequences of rapid growth in Interlibrary Loan use at the University of Montana between 1984-1990. For many years the state university library had emphasized traditional collection development and ownership. Since 1984, however, slow attrition of the acquisition budget, coupled with serials inflation, and a concomitant development of new electronic information sources, has forced a new emphasis —access, resource sharing, and temporaiy ownership. The result has been a steady and rapid growth of the Interlibrary Loan service. From.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0009371877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J472v02n02_07
DO - 10.1300/J472v02n02_07
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009371877
SN - 1042-4458
VL - 2
SP - 41
EP - 54
JO - Journal of Interlibrary Loan and Information Supply
JF - Journal of Interlibrary Loan and Information Supply
IS - 2
ER -