# Presentation: 703832

## Document Delivery Worldwide: PubMed, Loansome Doc and DOCLINE

**Martha R. Fishel**
**Eve-Marie Lacroix**
- Public Services Division
- National Library of Medicine
- May 22, 2002

## Online Language PopulationsTotal: 561 Million (March, 2002)

***Source: Global Reach ***
***Last revised on 31 March, 2002***
***http://www.global-reach.biz/globstats/index.php3***

## Evolution of non-English speaking online population

***Source: Global Reach***
***Last revised on 31 March, 2002***
***http://www.global-reach.biz/globstats/evol.html***_*** ***_

## Slide 4

## DOCLINE – FY 2001

- Total Requests 		2.9 million
- US libraries		2,569,317
- Canada		          321,315
- International		     32,752
- DOCLINE libraries
- US libraries 			2,911
- Canada				   297
- International 			    48

**Notes:**
MEDLINE now has 11 million records in the database – this is a snapshot of DOCLINE activities. 

Some 3,200 libraries input 3 million requests to the DOCLINE system last year.  As you can see, the great majority are input by US libraries, but Canadian libraries approach 10% now. 

Most of the International requests come to NLM or CISTI in Canada.

##  Loansome Doc - May 2002

- 28 organizations providing LD service outside the US and Canada
- 4,800 LD patrons
- 81 LD libraries in Canada
- 5,000 LD patrons
- ~ 11,000 LD articles supplied/month
- US Universities provide Loansome Doc to foreign requesters

**Notes:**
During the 2 years since the meeting, the number of organizations using NLM’s DOCLINE system outside of the US and Canada has increased to 37. More significantly, there are now 15 organizations using NLM’s Loansome Doc to send articles to researchers and clinicians in their own countries or even worldwide. In addition to these national organizations, there are 27 US universities offering to supply articles for users in other countries. This presentation will be a snapshot of this successful expansion, which we trust is only the beginning of an effective worldwide network delivering medical information.  

## Loansome Doc Requests

- FY 1998		406,264
- FY 1999		448,752
- FY 2000		820,777
- FY 2001		854,728
- US			87%
- Canada 		 7%
- International 	 6%

**Notes:**
This slide shows the growth of article requests through Loansome Doc in the last few years. Again, the great majority of the requesting is by Americans. 

I would now like to take you on a tour of the libraries outside the US who have signed on to use DOCLINE to provide Loansome Doc service. I’ll start with those that have been providing the service the longest...

## Canada

**Japan**

**Mexico**

**Chile**

**Brazil**

**Iceland**

**Norway**

**Sweden**

**Finland**

**Russia**

**Estonia**

**Latvia**

**Lithuania**

**United Kingdom**

**Denmark**

**New Zealand**

**Australia**

**South Africa**

**Zimbabwe**

**Switzerland**

**Germany**

**Italy**

**Mali**

**India**

**Korea**

**Netherlands**

**Dominica**

**Taiwan**

**China**

**Romania**

**Israel**

**Slovenia**

**Nigeria**

**Spain**

**Austria**

**Hong Kong**

**Antigua and Barbuda**

**USA**

**Canada**

## CanadaCanada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

- Coordinates network – 297 DOCLINE libraries
- Full DOCLINE users
- LD – 81 libraries
- 5,000 patrons registered
- 40,500  requests since Oct 2001

## Hong KongChinese University of Hong Kong

- 1,056 LD patrons
- Serving 38 countries
- Europe, Asia, U.S.
- Since Oct 2001, 450 articles supplied

## GermanyDeutche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin

- DOCLINE user and Loansome Doc Provider
- 730 patrons registered
- Since Oct 2001, supplied 3,250 documents
- Forwarded 400 to NLM

## AfricaThe MIMs Malaria Project

- MIMCOM created by NLM
- Telecommunication, information access, training and evaluation
- NLM designed and operates system

## MexicoCentro de Información para Decisiones en Salud

- Simulate Canadian model at CISTI
- Coordinate with MEDLARS Center and Region 5
- Report holdings
- Share with border libraries in Texas

##     International Issues

- Communication
- Organizational infrastructure
- Cultural differences
- Cost/Currency
- Language

## International Feedback

*“**As for DOCLINE, we are extremely pleased with this service.  NLM has also helped us a great deal to introduce desktop delivery to our customers.”                 *
*                  **-Stanka Jelenc, Central** **Medical Library, Slovenia** *

*“**Our experiences with the Loansome Doc system over the course of the past year have been gratifying.  The order gateway continuously totals about 400 requests a month.”*
*-Carl Tiefenbach, Deutsche Zentralbibliothek Fuer Medizin, Germany*

## The Future of Document Delivery  

-  Electronic Full Text

- Direct access to electronic and full-text systems and services.

## World Health Organization

- Mapping 1,500 WHO journal titles to MEDLINE
- Get WHO libraries to link their holdings via LinkOut

**Notes:**
MEDLINE now has 11 million records in the database – this is a snapshot of DOCLINE activities. 

Some 3,200 libraries input 3 million requests to the DOCLINE system last year.  As you can see, the great majority are input by US libraries, but Canadian libraries approach 10% now. 

Most of the International requests come to NLM or CISTI in Canada.

## NLM – A Global Vision	

- Education
- Assistance
- Funding
- Collaboration