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
Electronic Full Text
Direct access to electronic and full-text systems and services.
World Health Organization
Mapping 1,500 WHO journal titles to MEDLINE
Get WHO libraries to link their holdings via LinkOut
NLM – A Global Vision
Education Assistance Funding Collaboration