Interlending & Document Supply, or ILDS, (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0264-1615) is accepting papers on all aspects of resource sharing and library collaboration, technological and legal issues affecting library collaboration, or methods of measuring the impact and success of collaborative ventures. Suitable topics include, but are not necessarily limited to:

Interlibrary loan
Document delivery
Circulation, especially direct / consortial borrowing
Course reserves
Stacks management / collection management
Shared storage facilities and print repositories
Physical and/or electronic delivery of library materials
Cooperative collection development of print and/or electronic resources
Demand-drive acquisitions / purchase-on-demand
Cooperative reference services
Library consortia, especially new or changing roles for consortia
Collaborative digitization projects
Legal issues such as copyright, licensing or patron confidentiality
Open access
Assessment of collaborative library services and shared collections
Management issues related to resource sharing and library collaboration
Computer systems or software used to manage resource sharing activities
Computer standards that support and facilitate library cooperation, such as NCIP or ISO ILL

Journal articles are typically about 1000 to 5000 words in length and may take the form of:

Research paper
Viewpoint
Technical paper
Conceptual paper
Case study
Literature review
General review

Questions about content, format, length, or anything else? Contact the editors, Mary Hollerich at [log in to unmask] or Collette Mak at [log in to unmask]. We look forward to hearing your ideas and publishing your work.

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Mary A. Hollerich
Asst. Dean for Scholarly Resources and Research Services
Central University Libraries
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750135
Dallas, TX 75275-0135
214-768-4960
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