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Choosing the International Standards Organization's Interlibrary Loan Protocol (ISO) or Preserving the Status Quo?

Mary E. Piorun, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jane Fama, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Abstract

This paper chronicles an analysis of (1) interlibrary loan workflow and data and (2) how management used this information to make a decision on the ISO question. The National Library of Medicine adopted portions of the ISO Protocol for DOCLINE 2004 as a response to the medical interlibrary loan community. ILLiad, which is already ISO com¬pliant, has responded by announcing an upcoming release of an ISO compatible version of their management system in 2005. If libraries choose to convert to ISO, one DOCLINE function, Loansome Doc, will no longer be available. The question: Is the enhanced functionality with seamless DOCLINE and ILLiad interaction worth the effort that it will take to create and run a new Loansome Doc workflow?

Suggested Citation

Mary E. Piorun and Jane Fama. "Choosing the International Standards Organization's Interlibrary Loan Protocol (ISO) or Preserving the Status Quo?" ournal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve 17.1/2 (2007): 53-65.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/piorunm/7

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