Update on the British Library's collaboration with LSE:  New Scan and
Send Service

 

Researchers and scholars using official publications from western
European governments are benefiting from world class collaboration
between the British Library and the Library of the London School of
Economics and Political Science. The official publications collections
are a particularly rich and practical source of social, economic and
political information of various kinds - statistical data, research
reports, policy documents, parliamentary debates, legislation. 

 

So far the collaboration has enabled both institutions to optimise their
investment in, and to extend the range of, the collections and services
they provide for social scientists from this country and abroad. The two
organisations recognised the complementary nature of their collections:
LSE's collection is strongest in statistical series, while the British
Library's strengths have been in official gazettes, parliamentary and
other policy material.  

 

The collaboration is now about to take a new turn. The benefits to
researchers will be enhanced with the launch of a new "Scan and send"
document supply service.  From 31 October 2005 this initiative will
offer users access to West European government documents held in the
other partner's collections at their "home" library, saving the time and
effort involved in a personal visit to the holding institution. They
will be able to request electronic delivery of the document they need
from the partner library collection.

 

To access the "Scan and send" document supply service the researcher
should go to the Social Sciences Reference Enquiry Desk in the British
Library or the main Information Desk at the LSE to ask the staff there
for the paper request form linked to the service. This should be
completed and returned to reference staff.

 

Documents requested before 3pm will be delivered the same working day by
5.30pm at the latest. Each partner will aim to deliver material within
two hours of receiving a request.  Documents requested after 3.00pm will
be delivered the following working day.  Requests will not be processed
at weekends or during Bank Holidays.

 

Documents received will be on yellow paper and treated as original
library stock i.e. 

*	they can be retrieved by readers at the Issue Desk 
*	and returned at close down or when the reader leaves 
*	if the reader requires copies these can be taken in the normal
way from the yellow copy at the rate usually charged by their home
institution. 

 

Access to the Partners' Libraries

For those who prefer to make a personal visit, both libraries' websites
now indicate which location a researcher should go to for a particular
series, historical or current. For collection descriptions and a link to
admissions procedures, including fast track access to the LSE Library
for existing British Library reader's pass holders visit either website:

 

British Library

http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/ssresource.html#gpbllse
<http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/ssresource.html#gpbllse>  

 

LSE 

http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/govpub/Default.htm
<http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/govpub/Default.htm> 

 

 

Further information

If you require further information or would like to comment please
contact:

 

British Library: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 

LSE Library: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 

 
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Regional and Library Programmes
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