Librarians who Request for Reprints Including those in Oncology
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Oncology and Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
A 13-year retrospective study of reprint requestors was undertaken with special reference to those from research libraries. It was found that 2.8 percent of the total 2,053 requests were from such librarians. They preponderated in USA, East Germany, Australia, France and Britain. The reason for their requests included Reprint Library acquisitions and exhibition purposes. The librarians tended to ask for reprints from foreign rather than local Journals. All indications are that the reprint has played an important role in scientific communication. In particular, the librarians, who work in research libraries, deserve special scrutiny. In the 1970s and 1980s, the role of the reprint request (RR) as a means of communication came under vigorous attack. A strongly canvassed view was that researchers should, instead of requesting for reprints, obtain photocopies from libraries. For example, British advocates [1] who asserted that reprint requests are largely outdated and a waste of both time and money, wrote thus: “Doctors in our area rarely requested reprints themselves from authors, and almost all relied on arranging for photocopies of interesting article locally”. “Efficient library facilities,” they continued, “are a feature of medical centres in most countries”. Countries probably differ in respect of library facilities. For instance, the total demand on the British Library Lending Division increased from 41,000 to 2,104,000 between 1961 and 1974 [2]. During that period, the proportion of requests from British libraries themselves rose from 7 percent to over 40 percent, i.e., a six-fold increase. Increase in the development of libraries in India may be instanced.
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Wilson Ib Onuigbo
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- DOI 10.32474/OAJOM.2018.02.000136
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