The John Rylands University Library

The JRULM is also extensively involved in other externally-funded projects, in particular a number of Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Electronic Library initiatives which have had significant effects on services to University users. Most notable is LAMDA (London And Manchester Document Access), a co-operative enterprise involving university libraries in Manchester and London. Digitized versions of individual articles are transmitted using the Ariel software from one library to another, an electronic substitute for the traditional inter-library loan or photocopy. As a result of membership of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), based in the United States, such services are now commencing on a trans-continental basis as is the loan of research ( rylibweb.man.ac.uk )