Fjernlån, dvs. lån af fysiske materialer mellem danske biblioteker har
eksisteret i årtier og prises verden over for sin effektivitet og
smidighed. I det internationale Interlending & Document Supply Volume 39,
issue 4, som udkommer sidst i november i år men p.t. er tilgængeligt i
preview
skriver redaktøren Mike McGrath, der har mere end 35 års erfaring indenfor
området bl.a.:
”Perhaps the most important insight into the factors that affect ILL
(fjernlån) is provided by Denmark. As an editor I have tried to promote
the effectiveness of ILL in satisfying the demand for wider reading
material by the general population by publishing articles from Denmark
that describe in detail its successes. In bald terms, a country of 4.5
million people generates two million ILL requests a year! This is
principally because any Danish citizen can order any item in the Danish
national catalogue (bibliotek.dk) from anywhere, to be delivered anywhere
– all free to the citizen.”