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DOCLINE -- ISO ILL Protocol

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• The ILL protocol allows users to exchange messages (requests) between proprietary interlibrary loan systems.
  
  
  • This will allow DOCLINE libraries that are using a Protocol-compliant ILL system to send, receive, and fill DOCLINE requests without logging into DOCLINE. DOCLINE requests will not need to be manually receipted, exported, or imported.
    
    
  • The library only logs in to DOCLINE to get more information on the status of requests, update serial holdings, update the institution record, or retrieve statistical reports.
    
    
  • When using a Protocol-compliant system, DOCLINE libraries can include DOCLINE as just one stop in their string of lenders. A lender string can include systems (such as DOCLINE or OCLC) and individual libraries use the Protocol.
    
    
• See general information about the ISO ILL protocol at the following Web site:
  
  
  • "Using Standards to Share Resources Globally: Implementing the ISO ILL Protocol" Presentation by Mary E. Jackson, Association of Research Libraries. Available at: http://www.arl.org/access/naildd/ipig/res/portugal.shtml

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Last updated: 06 July 2004
First published: 25 September 2000
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