What is it about?
This article cross-references results of a survey of historians and their capstone students with interlibrary loan (ILL) use statistics. The researchers aggregate reality versus perception among study participants. Changes in target patrons’ use of, confidence in, and feelings about ILL over time are described.
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Why is it important?
No study identified in the literature to date has explicitly explored the use of ILL by historians. Historians and history students still prefer and use at higher rates printed books (monographs) and therefore typically rely to a greater degree than affiliates of other disciplines on interlibrary loan (ILL).
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I hope this article contributes to academic librarians' understanding of how historians obtain and use information. I also hope that it improves librarians' understanding of the ways in which the information landscape in academia varies by discipline.
David Murray
College of New Jersey
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This page is a summary of: The Effects of Targeted Instruction and Other Interventions on the Interlibrary Loan Use Patterns of Historians and Their Students, Journal of Interlibrary Loan Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, March 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1072303x.2019.1655515.
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