INFO 266
Fall 2015
Litsey, R., Ketner K. (Vol 7, No1, 2015). "Occam's Reader: The First Library-Developed Ebook Interlibrary Loan System" Collaborative Librarianship. Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://www.collaborativelibrarianship.org
Occam's Reader: The First Library-Developed Ebook Interlibrary Loan System
In this article, the authors explain the
development of e-book interlibrary loan system. “Occam’s Reader”, e-book interlibrary
system, was developed by ILL Librarians, IT staff from Texas Tech, and the
University of Hawaii team. The pilot project began in 2014 with Springer and
the Greater Western Librarian Alliance’s 33 member libraries. In 2015, new
version of the system released as Occam’s Reader 2.0. So far, over 500 e-books
have been exchange between GWLA members. Evaluation: In this article, the authors inform readers about the development of e-book interlibrary loan system. According to authors “Occam’s Reader”
was the first initiative through partnership of different entities and this system
enabled academic libraries to collaborate and cooperate together. I would like to read a bit more the new system's possible impacts on libraries collections in future. Generally speaking, this is an informative article.
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