Regional Interlending Systems

Abstract

Paper based on a Workshop on Interlending in the Caribbean held in Martinique on 14 May 1988. Interlending in the Caribbean is not organized on a regional basis. The region has considerable need of document supply and interlending services but the necessary structures are not all present to create a properly organized system, nor is there any indication of the likely demand, the needs of libraries or the resources available. Some work needs to be done to establish some facts and suggestions are made for a way forward to improve matters. It is suggested that what is said about the Caribbean region may well be of relevance to other regions contemplating an interlending network.