(Unpublished M.Lib. Dissertation), University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, September 1986.
The research aimed to identify
the use made of existing interlending services of the university libraries in
order to identify the prerequisites and requirements of an interlending
network, and to outline such a network for sharing of serials collections among
university libraries in Turkey.
Different types of
networks, their features and structures are reviewed. Telecommunication
facilities in Turkey is also studied with reference to data transmission using
circuit-switched and packet-switched data networks.
A questionnaire, which was
returned by 15 out of 28 university libraries (a response rate of 53 percent), was used to gather data regarding the
budgets and collections of the university libraries and their administration.
Topics such as the number of interlending transactions produced by the
university libraries on national and international level; the channels (mail,
telex, telefax, etc.) used for transmission of both requests and documents;
union lists of serials; and the photocopies produced have been examined. The
aim was to ascertain whether there was a balanced pattern or any dependence on
any particular university library or libraries.
The online searching
activities of the HEC Documentation Centre are also introduced.
A proposed network, which
aims to foster the sharing of serials collections among university libraries,
is outlined. It involves the concentrated serials collection of the HEC
Documentation Centre, of the University of Hacettepe Medical Centre Library and
METU Library both specialised on medicine, and science and technology
respectively, and of the Turkish serials collection of the National Library.
Various requirements of the proposed network are also emphasized.
Conclusions and
recommendations are summarized. Appendices, a select bibliography and glossary
accompany the research report.