Document Delivery Worldwide:Document Delivery Worldwide:

PubMed, Loansome Doc and DOCLINE

Martha R. FishelEve-Marie LacroixPublic Services DivisionNational Library of Medicine

May 22, 2002

Online Language PopulationsTotal: 561 Million

(March, 2002)

Source: Global Reach Last revised on 31 March, 2002http://www.global-reach.biz/globstats/index.php3

Evolution of non-English speaking online population

Source: Global ReachLast revised on 31 March, 2002http://www.global-reach.biz/globstats/evol.html

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DOCLINE – FY 2001

Total Requests 2.9 million US libraries 2,569,317 Canada 321,315 International 32,752

DOCLINE libraries US libraries 2,911 Canada 297 International 48

Loansome Doc - May 2002

28 organizations providing LD service outside the US and Canada 4,800 LD patrons

81 LD libraries in Canada 5,000 LD patrons

~ 11,000 LD articles supplied/month US Universities provide Loansome Doc

to foreign requesters

Loansome Doc Requests FY 1998 406,264 FY 1999 448,752 FY 2000 820,777 FY 2001 854,728

US 87% Canada 7% International 6%

NLM International DOCLINE Partners

Japan

Mexico

Chile

Brazil

IcelandNorway

SwedenFinland Russia

EstoniaLatvia

LithuaniaUnited Kingdom Denmark

New Zealand

AustraliaSouth Africa

Zimbabwe

SwitzerlandGermany

Italy

MaliIndia

Korea

Netherlands

Dominica

Taiwan

China

Romania

Israel

Slovenia

Nigeria

SpainAustria

Hong Kong

Antigua and Barbuda

USA

Canada

CanadaCanada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

Coordinates network – 297 DOCLINE libraries

Full DOCLINE users

LD – 81 libraries 5,000 patrons

registered 40,500 requests

since Oct 2001

Hong KongChinese University of Hong Kong

1,056 LD patrons

Serving 38 countries

Europe, Asia, U.S. Since Oct 2001,

450 articles supplied

GermanyDeutche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin

DOCLINE user and Loansome Doc Provider

730 patrons registered

Since Oct 2001, supplied 3,250 documents

Forwarded 400 to NLM

AfricaThe MIMs Malaria Project

MIMCOM created by NLM

Telecommunication, information access, training and evaluation

NLM designed and operates system

MexicoCentro de Información para Decisiones en Salud

Simulate Canadian model at CISTI

Coordinate with MEDLARS Center and Region 5

Report holdings Share with border

libraries in Texas

International Issues

Communication Organizational

infrastructure Cultural differences Cost/Currency Language

International Feedback

“As for DOCLINE, we are extremely pleased with this service. NLM has also helped us a great deal to introduce desktop delivery to our customers.”

-Stanka Jelenc, Central Medical Library, Slovenia

“Our experiences with the Loansome Doc system over the course of the past year have been gratifying. The order gateway continuously totals about 400 requests a month.”

-Carl Tiefenbach, Deutsche Zentralbibliothek Fuer Medizin, Germany

The Future of Document Delivery

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