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As part of the
development of the Virtual Health Sciences Library of the Eastern Mediterranean
Region, the Regional Office continued to provide support to selected libraries
in the Region, providing these with original copies of the Ariel software and a
scanner for document delivery services using the internet or e-mail. The total
number of libraries participating in the inter-library document delivery service
is 44, with an increase of 18 new libraries compared to 2003, spread over 15
countries (12 in 2003). The library received 1568 requests for articles from 185
users from 27 countries in 2004. These requests were fulfilled through the
Regional Office resources and the Virtual Health Sciences Library inter-library
document delivery services. The total number of pages photocopied was 10 685.
This represents a saving of US$ 39 200 for libraries when compared with other
commercial sources. The demand for articles in 2004 increased 358.5% from 2003. Extract from the Regional Director's report, 2004
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