AS ISO 18626:2018

AS ISO 18626:2018 PDF

This document is intended to first supplement and eventually succeed the old ISO interlibrary lending protocol (consisting of ISO 10160, ISO 10161-1 and ISO 10161-2). Unlike its predecessor, this document is well suited to the modern, web-based technological environment which is based on XML and web services. Another important difference between the two standards is that while the old standard is based on a 1980s model of ILL transactions, its successor is based on and supports a much simpler exchange of transactions.

ISO TC 46/SC 4 made an attempt to revise ILL standards in 2007. The chosen policy — careful revision of the existing standard — failed, since for some SC 4 P members the revision was too radical, whereas some other P members indicated that it was not thorough enough. In order to avoid a similar deadlock, the SC 4 plenary meeting chose a different strategy in 2012. The committee shall keep the old standard alive as long as necessary by, e.g. making the editorial changes needed. But SC 4 also decided to start the development of a new, Web-enabled ILL standard.

This document specifies the transactions between libraries or libraries and other agencies to handle requests for library items and the following exchange of messages.