Inter-Library Loan Service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Case Study of Medical Libraries |
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| Authors: | Mohammed J Arif Mohammed Makki Sibai Mubarak Saad Sulaiman |
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| Institution: | 1. China Datang Corporation Ltd. Zhejiang branch, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 300016, China;2. Faculty of Computing and Information Technology King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;3. Faculty of Engineering, Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia;1. Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;2. Center for Computational Intelligence, Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK;1. Department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, United States;2. Undergraduate Program, Dept. of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, United States;3. Neurology Division, Children’s Hospital Medical Center and College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, United States;4. Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Centre, Cincinnati, OH 45237, United States;1. School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel;2. Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel |
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| Abstract: | The last 20 years have seen a marked increase in co-operation among Saudi medical libraries, with inter-library loan service at the forefront. This is an investigation of the current situation of co-operative inter-lending and resource sharing among medical libraries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study discusses various methods for providing inter-library loan service including direct inter-lending, lending through union catalogs, and centralized lending. Other resource sharing activities are also described. The case study methodology was employed. Documents, interviews, and personal conversations were utilized to provide needed information. A number of medical libraries were chosen, and their inter-library loan requests for the year 1995 were thoroughly investigated. Results are analyzed, and some concluding remarks for future action are presented. |
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