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Introduction
1.1 General background
Increasing demand from a wide range of users of public libraries, along with the inability of libraries to collect all requested resources have led libraries to look at sharing resources, as the issues becomes more serious. This paper provides definitions and history of co-operation among the library systems in Iran to review the status of co-operation among library systems in public libraries in the province of Fars. We chose public libraries for this research because they are used by all members of society. They have the highest concentration of resources and are focused on providing system resources with very high efficiency in tune with clients needs to avoid wasting the library budget.
Certainly, trust between libraries and document delivery services, especially public libraries, causes more interaction among libraries and librarians, which in turn leads to further awareness of common issues and solutions to access new ideas to post for better services, credit programs and appropriate budgets. More importantly, the creation of centres for optimum use of resources will be of particular interest and will decrease user concern for providing required sources of information. Although the process to implement the plan has enormous costs, the speed and ability to access resources and documents easily offsets these costs and makes the concept of "access" instead of "ownership" a practical one.
This study initially presents and evaluates inter-library loan (ILL) conditions and document delivery services in public libraries of Fars Province and identifies the infrastructure necessary to create this project. Then it presents viewpoints of librarians on the creation or expansion of public library services in Fars. In this study, we followed the response to these questions regarding the ILL system and document delivery. And also to what extent are public library directors and librarians of Fars aware of the importance of this system? And, according to administrators and librarians, what factors influence the development or lack of trust between the library system to create document delivery services in public libraries of Fars?
1.2 Research background outside Iran
[5] Gould (1995), in a study entitled "Guaranteed scheme for loan pay between international libraries" states that the trust between libraries faces many problems and that these problems are the same as problems of trust between...