The book is based on research which aimed to
characterize the interlibrary loans practices in
Israeli college libraries and to assess the effects
of increased demand on the university libraries who
were the main suppliers of college libraries ILL
requests.
The results show that the college libraries request
predominantly from the social sciences and
humanities and that university libraries
specializing in these fields were the main
suppliers. They also showed that university
libraries with large book collections received more
requests from colleges than libraries with smaller
specialized collections.
The main effects on the universities of increased
demand for ILL was staff pressure and organizational
changes such as standardization and widespread use
of software.
The study recommends that college libraries use the
same ILL software as the universities, continue to
develop their collections so that they are able to
reciprocate in the ILL process, and increase
cooperation by creating consortia especially for ILL
to ensure standardization of prices, methods of
ordering, correspondence and delivery.