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Interlibrary Loan Lending Policies
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Who may use Interlibrary Loan?
What do we lend?
What we do not lend?
Returnable items
Non-returnable items
Response time
How are requests accepted?
Who may use Interlibrary Loan?
- The UI Library lends materials to other libraries for their patrons to use. This is strictly a library-to library transaction and we do not photocopy periodicals or lend books to individuals.
- Individuals must ask their local libraries to request materials from us.
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What type of material do we lend?
- Books (unless listed below)
- Doctoral dissertations and masters theses
- Most microfilm and microfiche. Maximum of four reels at a time. The UI Library retains the circulating microfilm of Idaho newspapers.
- Musical scores
- Most U.S. government and Idaho state documents.
- Photocopies of periodical articles
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What type of material will we not lend?
- Special Collections
- Refence books
- Maps
- Complete issues of unbound periodicals
- Reserve materials
- Bound periodicals
- Audiovisual materials
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Returnable Items
- Loan Period: 45 days.
- Renewals: one, for 28 days - Materials are subject to recall
- We loan internationally
- Items can be shipped via FedEx if the requesting library provides an account number.
- Costs to academic and other not-for-profit libraries: No charge in the U.S. and Canada
- The cost of first-class airmail postage to other locations charged by IFM or invoice.
- Costs to for-profit libraries; * $20.00 to U.S. and Canadian requestors.
- $20.00 plus first class air mail postage to other locations charged by IFM or invoice.
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Non-Returnable Items
- Ariel is our preferred method of delivery. Other photocopies will be sent via U.S. mail, courier or fax.
- Costs to not-for profit libraries: No charge to LVIS and other libraries with which we have reciprocal agreements
- Idaho: $5.00 for 1-25 pages and .20/page for each additional page. 50-page limit for Ariel transmission.
- Other U.S. and Canada: $10.00 for 1-25 pages, .20/page for each additional page.
- Costs to for-profit libraries: Ariel and mail: $20.00 1-25 pages and .20/page for each additional page.
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Response time
- Requests are generally filled within 24 hours of receipt
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Requests accepted via:
- OCLC (preferred)
- Docline
- Illiad request form - Call or email interlibrary loan office for username and password information.
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