From Russia with love
Abstract
Purpose
This paper ' s aim is to provide an overview of the challenges and solutions to obtaining Russian language materials. Despite the challenges presented by inaccurate or incomplete bibliographic citations and multiple methods of transliterating titles from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabets, many excellent sources of assistance are available to ILL staff.
Design/methodology/approach
The author relies on his extensive professional experience in locating such materials. He provides a broad survey of library collections, Russian language subject specialists, and online book purveyors who are both willing and able to provide assistance.
Findings
Locating and obtaining Russian language materials via ILL is not as difficult as it appears. Excellent Russian language library collections in the US, Russia, and Eastern Europe as well as online booksellers all provide discovery tools, delivery services, and payment methods that are readily accessible to ILL staff.
Originality/value
All ILL staff who need to obtain Russian language materials on behalf of their users will find this article especially useful.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Received 13 March 2012. Accepted 13 March 2012. Published with the kind permission of IFLA, www.ifla.org/ This paper was originally presented at the IFLA 12th Interlending and Document Supply Conference held in Chicago, 19-21 September 2011.
Citation
Kinslow, K. (2012), "From Russia with love", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 115-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611211239605
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited