Development of document delivery by libraries in Germany since 2003

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Rosemann ◽  
Markus Brammer
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Electronic Document ◽  
German Research Foundation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electronic Documents ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper aims to describe the development and current situation of electronic document delivery by public libraries in Germany, taking into account the impact of the changing regulatory framework of German copyright law and the consequences of law suits against libraries and Subito.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the current situation. Also, the new licensing strategy of the Subito delivery service and the national licensing strategy for electronic media of German libraries and the German Research foundation come into focusFindingsThe negative development of copyright law posed a new challenge for document delivery services in Germany since the statutory licence in German copyright law no longer covers electronic document delivery provided by Subito and other library document delivery services. Licence agreements with publishers or intermediaries such as copyright clearance centres are now necessary to allow delivery of electronic documents. These negotiations have proven to be very complex and controversial, but now a complicated framework of licence agreements has been concluded and will enable German libraries to generally provide electronic documents in the future. DRM‐systems, however, still are a challenge for customers and the delivery service.Practical implicationsDemand of delivery services has decreased and may decrease even more in the long run due to availability and direct accessibility of electronic documents, together with the national licensing program in Germany.Originality/valueThe paper provides a concise summary and gives an impression of the development of document delivery services of German libraries between 2003 and 2008 with special reference to the legal position and changes to German copyright law.

Standing strong in the winds of change: an analysis of a Document Delivery Service in South Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Sun Oh ◽  
Ji Won Lee
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Electronic Delivery ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Document Delivery Service ◽  
Service Framework

Purpose – This paper aims to review the evolution of a nation-wide Document Delivery Service in Korea over the past decade, focusing on how the service has been reconfigured to sustain and fortify its position as a central channel for accessing information in the era of abundant digital resources. Design/methodology/approach – The impacts of policy changes and technical improvements introduced incrementally over the years on the advance of the service are analyzed. The overall statistics over the period of 14 years are first presented to show the changing trends of the service, and the transaction log of the period of nine years is analyzed in detail to examine the impact of policy implementation and technical advancement on the quantity and quality of the service. Findings – The transaction log analysis has uncovered the two main themes or directions of changes that have contributed to its robustness. First, changes introduced to streamline the service process both on the request end (unmediated requests) and on the delivery end (electronic delivery) have brought a sizable improvement on the speed of the service. Second, efforts to incorporate various resource-sharing activities into a unified service framework have led to an enhanced efficiency of the service as well as an increase in volume. Originality/value – The empirical data demonstrating how managerial and technological changes have contributed to sustain the value of the service can be valuable benchmarking data for other services facing the same challenges.

Open access and document delivery services: a case study in Capital Normal University Library

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 79-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Hu ◽  
Hangsheng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
University Library ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Normal University ◽  
Document Delivery Service

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study in China to show whether open access (OA) affects document delivery services. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct a statistical analysis and carry out an investigation through a questionnaire. Findings – Compared with the rapid development of OA around the world, China has published a small number of OA journals. At present, the effect of OA on document delivery service in Capital Normal University Library (CNUL) is positive in that librarians can use OA as an extra resource to perform document delivery services. CNUL users know little about document delivery service or OA, but they frequently look for free Internet resources. CNUL should do more promotion of its document delivery services. Considering users’ behavior and the development of OA in future, the volume of document delivery service may be affected. CNUL should redesign its document delivery service. Originality/value – The paper will be relevant to librarians interested in OA and document delivery services in China.

The usage of ILLiad and Get It Now at a US medium-sized academic library over a three-year period

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Jaskowiak ◽  
Todd Spires
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Inflation Rates ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Us University

Purpose As medium-sized academic libraries’ budgets continue to shrink or cannot compete with inflation rates, document delivery options like ILLiad and unmediated Get It Now can play a prominent role in providing content lost due to the inevitable cancellation of serial subscriptions. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of using these two options in a US university. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the usage of these two services for the three fiscal years following the implementation of Get It Now at Bradley University. Findings Questions addressed are as follows. How have they been used over the three-year time period? Which user status group has been using them, undergraduates, graduate students or faculty members? Which departments on campus have been using them the most? Originality/value This study is the first to look at the usage of Get It Now and ILLiad together over multiple years.

Establishing an electronic document delivery service for the BMA library

VINE ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Aitken ◽  
Mohammed Alom ◽  
Ann‐Emily Brew ◽  
Steve Davis ◽  
William Forrester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Document ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Document Delivery Service

scholarly journals Current developments in document delivery in Germany

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Brammer ◽  
Jens Olf
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Electronic Delivery

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to give an overview about the framework of copyright law and licences as well as the development of German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) full-text supply services within that framework. The change of German copyright law in 2008 posed a challenge to TIB’s full-text supply services. While TIB can deliver on the basis of a statutory limitation any document to customers within Germany via mail and fax, there are restrictions for electronic delivery. Design/methodology/approach – The article describes the framework of German copyright law and licences for document delivery as well as activities of TIB to continue servicing customers in a best possible way within the existing framework. Findings – Licence agreements with publishers or intermediaries such as Rights Reproduction Organizations are now in place to allow delivery of electronic documents on a wide scale. Within this complicated framework of licence agreements, digital rights management (DRM) systems are a challenge for customers and the delivery service. However, it can be noted, that a simple watermark suffices nearly all publishers in agreements covering pay-per-view delivery of generic digital article files, and only 25 per cent require strict DRM for document delivery scanned from the print. At the same time, TIB looks for more customer-friendly DRM systems. Also, TIB is looking for ways to cooperate with partners to raise efficiency gains and to offer a more convenient service to its customers. Finally, TIB experiences that inadequate copyright law still poses a major hindrance for the international exchange of scientific information being part of its collection. Originality/value – The article describes the development of document supply services of the major TIB publications. It also shows the barriers which inadequate copyright law poses to the exchange of scientific information.

Cross-border document delivery: the convenience and perils of sharing articles around the world, in the cloud

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 70-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Birch ◽  
Tony Melvyn
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Document Delivery Service

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe Article Exchange – OCLC’s cloud-based document delivery service. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, Article Exchange is described in detail. Findings – Article Exchange has proved popular with OCLC users with more than 50,000 documents uploaded in January 2013 alone by more than 1,000 libraries. Practical implications – The new service facilitates improved delivery of documents electronically. Originality/value – This article is useful for all librarians who are concerned with delivering documents electronically in an increasingly complex technical and legal environment.

A document delivery service for foreign scholarly journals: the experiences of South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Ji Won Lee ◽  
Soojung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Foreign Journal ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delivery Service ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
Document Delivery Service

Purpose This study aims to describe the current status and usage trends of a new document delivery service (DDS) for foreign scholarly journals in Korea. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 2010 to 2016 for the number of foreign journal subscriptions held by Foreign Research Information Centers (FRICs), number of FRIC DDS requests, the amount of government funds spent on the subscriptions, etc. Findings There has been an increase in the number of foreign journal subscriptions and DDS transactions by FRICs, especially in the fields of science, technology and medicine. Originality/value The DDS project in this study offers a useful example of collaboration between the government and academic libraries to provide research communities with foreign scholarly journals.

How do people attempt to integrate the management of their paper and electronic documents?

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Jervis ◽  
Masood Masoodian
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Electronic Document ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electronic Documents ◽  
Electronic Document Management ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Office Environments

Purpose – This article aims to describe how people manage to integrate their use of paper and electronic documents in modern office work environments. Design/methodology/approach – An observational interview type study of 14 participants from 11 offices in eight organizations was conducted. Recorded data were analysed using a thematic analysis method. This involved reading and annotation of interview transcripts, categorizing, linking and connecting, corroborating, and producing an account of the study. Findings – The findings of the study can be categorized into four groups: the roles paper and electronic documents serve in today's offices, the ways in which these documents are managed, the problems associated with their management, and the types of fragmentation that exist in terms of their management and how these are dealt with. Practical implications – The study has identified the need for better integrated management of paper and electronic documents in present-day offices. The findings of the study have then been used to propose a set of guidelines for the development of integrated paper and electronic document management systems. Originality/value – Although similar studies of offices have been conducted in the past, almost all of these studies are prior to the widespread use of mobile and network-based shared technologies in office environments. Furthermore, previous studies have generally failed to identify and propose guidelines for integration of paper and electronic document management systems.

Exploring the impact of lesson study through the views of Lao mathematics teacher educators on the needs, learning and difficulties

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-116
Author(s):  
Sommay Shingphachanh
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Lesson Study ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Educators ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively explore the current situation of lesson study (LS) implementation and practice among Mathematics Teacher Educators (MTEs) in Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) across the country in Laos. Moreover, the study investigates MTEs’ professional learning through LS experience, the difficulties they encountered during practicing LS and their urgent needs to deepen their comprehension in the context of LS. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through semi-structured interview with 45 MTEs from 7 TTCs in February/March 2018 (seven weeks). The study also collected 14 LS reports, 7 LS posters from the respondents and observed one cycle of LS practice in 2 TTCs. The data were systematically analyzed using inductive category formation through the procedure of transcribing and reading the transcription, thematic coding and categorizing and interpreting the meaning of thematic ideas (Mayring, 2015; Merriam, 2009). Licensed software MAXQDA 10 was used for this qualitative study. Findings The study argued based on LS practice in LS model 1 and model 2. MTEs that followed LS model 1 practiced LS in a superficial aspect and quantitatively relied upon the results from the checklists. They majorly satisfied the immediate measurement of teacher teaching’s behavior and student learning’s behavior. Frequently, time constraints, writing LS reports and collaboration were the great challenges. In contrast, MTEs that followed LS model 2 practiced LS in order to deepen understanding of students’ mathematical thinking. Although LS helped them by adjusting appropriate learning task, they encountered difficulty to innovate it effectively. LS also helped them in offering students’ autonomy to explore mathematical ideas, but they failed to understand the values of utilizing students’ mathematical ideas. Research limitations/implications The findings from this study are beneficial for LS practice in the country and similar LS initiatives to find a measure to enhance the effectiveness of LS in schools and TTCs. The study suggested providing clear details of each step, the essential aspect and the core concept of LS to MTEs for successful transposition of LS to a non-Japanese context. Providing LS advisors who have had great experience in conducting LS not just high teaching or working experience only is highly recommended. This study has a limitation in observing LS practices from all seven TTCs. Originality/value Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) recognizes the significance of implementing LS in TTCs to enhance the quality of teaching-learning, though the progress of LS in those TTCs has not yet been addressed. Current situation of LS revealed in this study is valuable for similar initiatives, MoES and Japan International Cooperation Agency to make an effort in order to move LS forward.

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