Access Answers A Digest of LISTSERVs of Interest to Access Services

摘要

Cynthia Blanding, Interlibrary Loan librarian at the University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, introduced what is surely one of the biggest challenges in resource sharing today: online materials. Many serials are only published online now, and licensing issues prevent sharing in many cases. Closely related, even when sources are available both online and in print, libraries are opting for the online copy. Oftentimes, again because of licensing, libraries are forbidden to loan them. Cynthia asked the list what steps could be taken