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What is Interlibrary Loan?
Who can use Interlibrary Loan?
What may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan?
How long does it take to obtain an Interlibrary Loan request?
Who is a member of the Boston Library Consortium?
How long can I keep material borrowed through Interlibrary Loan?
How do I request material through Interlibrary Loan?
How many requests can I make?
How will I know when my Interlibrary Loan material has arrived
Where do I pick up and return my materials?
What is Electronic Delivery?
How can I speed up my Interlibrary Loan request?
What is copyright?
The purpose of interlibrary loan is to borrow or obtain copies of library materials not found in a local collection on behalf of our faculty, students and staff, and to lend or provide copies of library materials requested by other libraries. No library can be completely self-sufficient in meeting the needs of its users. Interlibrary loan is essential to the vitality of libraries of all types and sizes. It is an important element in the provision of library service, and it is in the public interest to encourage such an exchange. This is an age of expanding information, a growing technology for sharing that information, and ever-increasing standards for scholarly and scientific endeavor.
Who can use Interlibrary Loan?
Students, Faculty, and Staff of Wellesley College can use Interlibrary Loan.
What may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan?
Anything unavailable at the Wellesley College Library may be borrowed if another library will agree to lend it. Rare books, reference books, genealogical material and audiovisual material are difficult to obtain through interlibrary loan.
How long does it take to obtain an Interlibrary Loan request?
PLAN AHEAD! Interlibrary loan requests can arrive as soon as two days or as long as two weeks. This depends on the availability, processing and shipping time. Generally, materials coming from Boston Library Consortium arrive sooner than those sent from other institutions through the U.S. Postal Service.
How long can I keep material borrowed through Interlibrary Loan?
ILLiad items are loaned for 28 days from the date of receipt. Most libraries allow one renewal. Each lending library has its own lending policies. If a renewal is necessary, login to ILLiad and go to the "Checked Out Items" button to renew. All interlibrary loan books are subject to immediate RECALL by the lending library.
Virtual Catalog materials are loaned for 28 days with NO renewals.
NExpress materials are loaned for 28 days with 2 renewals. You may renew these items yourself through the "View Your Record" link on the Library's Home page.
Paper copies are yours to keep.
How do I request material through Interlibrary Loan?
Virtual Catalog. You may log in to the Virtual Catalog and search for an item and directly request it from the owning institute. See How to use the Virtual Catalog.
NExpress. From the Wellesley Library catalog you may repeat a search in NExpress with the link found on the results page or go directly to http://nexpress.iii.com/
Worldcat. You may search and request directly from the OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Once you have found the item you would like, click on the ILLiad icon. You will be directed to login to ILLiad and it will fill out a request form for you.
ILLiad. You must register for an account in ILLiad. See the ILLiad FAQ page.
ILLiad. There is no limit.
Virtual Catalog. There is a limit of 25 items.
NExpress. There is no limit.
How will I know when my Interlibrary Loan material has arrived and where do I pick up and return my materials?
You will receive an email notice when your material has arrived from either Virtual Catalog, NExpress, or ILLiad.
See ILLiad FAQs.
How can I speed up my Interlibrary Loan request?
1. Provide a full citation.top
2. Thoroughly check the holdings of the Wellesley College Library catalog before placing a request.
The Copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright material. There is a provision for "fair use" by libraries. A government commission was convened to interpret what "fair use," meant. This interpretation is known as the CONFU guidelines. Wellesley College follows the CONFU guidelines. Interlibrary loan is allowed five articles from any one journal title for a one-year period. After this limit is reached, a royalty fee must be paid for each subsequently ordered article. The Copyright law of the United States prohibits libraries from requesting a photocopy of more than a single article from any one issue of a journal or more than one chapter from a book.top
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Karen
Jensen • Kara
Stroschein • Wellesley College Library
• Last Updated: September 2005
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