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Boyce, Bert R.; Wallace, Danny P. – American Libraries, 1987
Responds to an earlier article that suggested reforms in the journal communication system intended to reduce the number of articles published, thus easing the burden on libraries. The role of published articles in scholarly communication, research and information retrieval, and the library's responsibility to support these activities are…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Library Policy, Periodicals, Publish or Perish Issue
Jackson, Mary E., Comp.; Croneis, Karen, Comp. – 1994
This document summarizes the results of a 1994 survey regarding the use of document suppliers by 90 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members. A document supplier was defined as "a company or service that supplies documents for a fee." Document suppliers are increasingly used by research libraries as cost-effective solutions to the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans