We are proud to announce that the publication “Document Delivery and Resource Sharing: Global Perspectives” produced by our team during the Hermes project is now available online as IFLA Professional Report No.140 (ISBN: 9789077897812).
This publication is intended to provide librarians, library practitioners, as well as teachers, researchers, and students of universities and research organizations and other interested parties, a foundation in resource sharing principles, practices and management. It provides an overview of where things stand today with resource sharing, including key trends, challenges, opportunities, and priorities. The publication seeks to address international resource sharing, exploring the current state of European and international resource sharing systems and the governing laws and regulations and includes case studies and best practices from various countries.
It is available open access in the IFLA repository. To view/download it please follow this link: https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2704