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If an item is not readily available in an academic library's collection, is it quicker to buy it or does is make better sense to borrow it? At a public, four-year institution, acquisitions and interlibrary loan (ILL) are exploring a new relationship to improve the users' experience. The question is determining what triggers the decision to borrow versus buy an item. The exploration is born of the institution's ongoing migration from a traditional to a demand driven based collections strategy. This article will elucidate how acquisitions and ILL can work together to effectively deliver what users need when they need it.

The article discusses the efforts of the Alabama newspapers to promote the development of roads throughout Alabama by the Alabama Good Roads Association (AGRA) and the Alabama Highway Commission in 1911 and 1912. Other topics include the history of the Good Roads movement and its opposition since 1880, the efforts of newspaper promotion to secure funding for road building, and the efforts to include proposed roads on the 1913 Alabama road map.