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Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to give insight into the current state of international interlibrary loan (ILL) in the light of technological changes and availability of e-resources of scientific information and their influence to the service, using Centre for Scientific Information (CSI) interlibrary loan statistical data as an example. Approach. The paper gives brief introduction to historical development of interlibrary loan, technological changes and proliferation of scientific literature available in digital format either by subscription or in open access and its influence on ILL service. The changes facilitated the service but also brought some limitations. An overview on the current state of the ILL service in Europe and worldwide is given along with CSI statistical data that are analyzed and presented. Findings. The analyzes showed very high number of ILL requests at CSI until 2013. After that continuous decrease in ILL requests is noticed, which coincide with some examples in the world that are presented in this paper. Originality/Value. There are articles on the subject, but not too many recent ones in Croatia tackling the technological changes and digital publications and its influence on the service. The article provide an in-depth overview of the current state of international interlibrary loan together with analysis of the ILL service at the CSI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]