HOW THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY TRANSFORMS INTERLIBRARY LOANS - THE OHIOLINK EXPERIENCE

While the primary reason for a library's collections is their use as w idely and broadly as possible, the issues clustered around interlibrar y lending are central to redefining what libraries will be in the twen ty-first century. Discusses interlibrary lending among OhioLINK librar ies - a consortium of all libraries located in Ohio-based colleges and universities. It describes OhioLINK and talks about how both the shar ing of books and the sharing of articles is being tackled. II conclude s with how some interesting changes in traditional inter-library loan thinking are changing the way in which libraries are being envisioned generally in Ohio.