Session Number
33
Description
In November 1989, the University of Toronto Library introduced ScanDoc which links a PC-based current awareness and a document delivery service. Current Contents on Diskette is used to scan the current literature; locally developed programs are used to print current awareness notification slips; and the Library's document delivery service provides requested items. The current awareness service is offered to the University's facu1ty and research staff without charge while the document delivery service is provided on a cost-recovery basis. This paper describes the institutional setting, the way in which the service is operated, and the impact that the service has had on its users and on the Library.
A Microcomputer Based Current Awareness Service
In November 1989, the University of Toronto Library introduced ScanDoc which links a PC-based current awareness and a document delivery service. Current Contents on Diskette is used to scan the current literature; locally developed programs are used to print current awareness notification slips; and the Library's document delivery service provides requested items. The current awareness service is offered to the University's facu1ty and research staff without charge while the document delivery service is provided on a cost-recovery basis. This paper describes the institutional setting, the way in which the service is operated, and the impact that the service has had on its users and on the Library.