The future of global resource sharing
Abstract:
In this chapter, the authors discuss future trends in global resource sharing and the impact they will have on international interlibrary loan practices. Using PEST/ SWOT analysis techniques, a group of five major trends are listed and a set of three possible scenarios are proposed. The chapter closes with a call to action.
Key words
trends
scenarios
open access/scholarly communication
copyright
legal issues
digital formats
HathiTrust
Big Deals
costs
prices
budgets
PEST
SWOT
Our future is neither predetermined nor predictable: it is rather something that lies within our hands to be shaped and molded by the choices we make in the present time.
Margaret Mead
Introduction
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