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Google Expectations and Interlibrary Loan: Can We Ever Be Fast Enough?

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Users' expectations of interlibrary loan services have been shaped by their experiences with search engines that provide uncomplicated interfaces and immediate full-text delivery. Libraries must not only allow for discovery of materials but must also meet users' expectations that mirror their experiences in these online environments. The continual challenge for libraries is to provide ever-faster delivery times, both through innovative services and by taking advantage of technological advances. Even though delivery times continue to decrease, the user satisfaction gap that exists between immediate electronic content delivery upon discovery and waiting to receive materials from interlibrary loan remains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-163
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • electronic document delivery
  • interlibrary loan
  • transformation
  • usability
  • user expectations

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