IV A VIEW FROM BARBADOS

Abstract

Interlending in Barbados is assisted by the close proximity of all the major libraries, connected by a reliable telephone system. International requests are routed via the University of West Indies Library to the British Library Lending Division for journals, but to a wider selection of libraries for monographs. The choice is difficult and time‐consuming for monograph requests, and automated union catalogues produced in other countries could help in this respect. It is heartening that small collections of periodicals satisfy a high proportion of demand, but actual titles remain to be identified.