| |
National Document Supply Service (NDSS) - the Hungarian
experience
Márta Virágos and
Katalin Antal
Abstract | Paper in
Portable Document Format (PDF) Presentation in Microsoft® PowerPoint®
format
The 1997 CXL statute on public
libraries is considered to be a strategic development plan for libraries in
Hungary. The mission of the libraries is to ensure fast accessibility of
documents and information, for the implementation of which the following
development trends were set:
- the creation and maintenance of
the National Document Supply System (NDSS)
- the creation, maintenance and
continual improvement of library networks
- the creation of a national filing
system of digitalised documents.
The law enforces the creation of a
document supply system on the national scale which includes interlibrary
lending and local holdings registers.
NDSS is operated by 56 member
(document supplying) libraries. Any library may be a document borrowing
library. Interlibrary document lending is a new, quality improved library
service, the main aim of which is to provide fast access to documents and
information through the use of modern technical tools.
Description of
NDSS
NDSS is a web based system for
interlibrary lending and document delivery developed and maintained by the
University of Debrecen. It allows the user to:
- search or browse by various
fields, (author, ISSN, publisher, etc.) free text or keyword
- select from different types of
publication (books, periodicals, audiovisual and electronic materials,
scores)
- limit the search to various
languages, select the preferred library from the holdings list
- obtain information on the lending
policy of the given library
- follow a direct link to local
OPACs
- send orders via email, mail or
fax
- print requests for administrative
purposes
- view statistics.
|
|