In today's Hungary, the national health service system is attracting more and more criticism. In this context, it is increasingly important that health workers were provided with valuable, up-to-date medical and health-related information. It is the task of medical libraries, including hospital libraries to provide such information. The budget for library acquisitions is usually the narrowest item within a hospital budget, yet sers' (medical practitioners') information needs have to be satisfied. This is why the importance of interlibrary loan has to be re-emphasized. The article summarises the related experiences of a county hospital library.
The National Széchényi Library and Integra Co. will soon celebrate the 10th anniversary of their cooperation. The development of the BOOK-DREAM interlibrary loan administration system started in 1994. The system has proved highly efficient, as 80% of the interlibrary loan requests are currently sent via the web, and this is the most visited section of the National Library's website. One of the most important factors of the success is that the system developers have received continuous professional support from experts of ILL working at the National Library, the main user of the service.
The partnership of OCLC and the National Szechenyi Library in the field of document supply goes back several years with promising prospects for the future. After a general introduction, OCLC's international interlibrary loan activities are described in detail. A summary of the National Szechenyi Library's ten-year cooperation with OCLC is followed by a description of the mechanism and process of OCLC resource sharing transactions.
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