he role played by the special libraries in the inter-library loan activity is still difficult to assess, because of the lack of data

As an example, this activity of the Library of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco is analysed for the year 1981. The following aspects are studied : type, geographic origin and publication date of the requested documents ; status and location of the borrowers; reasons for the development of inter-library loan and its effects on the work of the library
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