Abstract: Interlibrary loan and readers’ recommendation serve as two different ways to address the lack of collection. In the contemporary library practice, the two, conducted independently, have their respective merits and demerits. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the practices, problems, timeliness and acquisition costs of the two methods, we present a feasible scheme of associating and unifying the two. We believe that readers’ abilities to acquire resources through various channels should be nurtured. We propose to develop a unified submission system integrating interlibrary loan with readers’ recommendation, to design a set of acquisition and selection criteria, and to come up with a rapid processing method after purchase. Accordingly, we establish an integrated mechanism of feasibility, and design a corresponding flowchart for reference to peers. 

Key words: Interlibrary loan, Readers’ recommendation, Unified association mechanism, Feasible schem