KITS: a national system for document supply in Turkey
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Date
2010
Authors
Çimen, Ertuğrul
Tuğlu, Ayhan
Manyas, Mehmet
Çelikbaş, Sema
Çelikbaş, Zeki
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract
Purpose - The paper aims to describe a new national system for resource sharing and document supply in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach - The paper takes a historical and descriptive approach. Findings KITS has been very successful in linking academic and other institutions in Turkey to an effective and efficient system of document supply. This is illustrated by figures provided on its expansion in the last two years. Practical implications The paper is useful for all librarians concerned with national document supply systems especially in the developing world. Originality/value - This is the first published review of the national system that is transforming document supply in Turkey and it deals frankly with the obstacles that KITS faces at the same time indicating the ways in which success has been achieved.
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Interlending, Document supply, Turkey
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4
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38
Issue
1
Start Page
58
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66