- Nature of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service: Interlibrary
loans supplement resources in the CCRI Library.
This operation is governed by local, national, and international codes
as well as by consortium agreements. Its smooth operation is
dependent on the cooperation and goodwill of the lending libraries,
and the observance of these codes and agreements.
- Eligible borrowers: ILL service is limited primarily to
current CCRI faculty, staff, and students in good standing who are
working on CCRI-related research projects, and secondarily to emeritus
faculty. Service to emeritus faculty will be provided as time
and resources permit and after the needs of the current faculty,
staff, and students are met.
- Limitations on loans: Loans will be made from libraries
in the United States and do not ordinarily include the following types
of materials: recently published books, journals (however,
photocopies of individual articles are available), reference
materials, genealogical materials, bulky or fragile materials,
doctoral dissertations when readily available from UMI, materials on
reserve, or nonprint materials. There is a limit of 5
requests per week per patron.
- Charges: Charges imposed by the lending library are the
responsibility of the person requesting the loan. Whenever
possible, ILL transactions will be free of charge. Charges will
not be incurred without the prior approval of the requester.
Payment will be made at the time of receipt of the item.
- Lost and unreturned items: The charge for lost or
unreturned items will be determined by the lending library. The
person borrowing the item will be responsible for any charges,
including processing fees, for any items he/she lost or did not
return.
- Renewals: Renewals of items loaned to CCRI patrons will
be at the discretion of the lending library. Renewals of items
borrowed from CCRI will be made at the discretion of the ILL librarian
and when made will be for a period of 14 days.
- Photocopy requests: Photocopy requests will be made in
accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code.
- Restrictions on use: The CCRI Library is bound by any
restrictions placed on loans by the lending library. These may
include restricting use of material to within the Library, obtaining a
signature of the borrower, and/or prohibiting photocopying.
- Administration of ILL service: The Reference
Departments from each campus will together be responsible for the ILL
policies and procedures subject to the approval of the Dean of
Learning Resources. The Coordinators of
Reference/Collection Development will designate a Reference librarian
to supervise ILL activities at their respective campuses.
Backups will also be designated at each campus.
- Type of requests: All requests must be made through the
ILL system. Telephone requests are accepted in emergency cases
only and must be followed up by an American Library Association or
similar ILL form. Fax machines may be used to request items.
- Delivery: Photocopies of materials from books and
periodicals will be sent by the ARIEL document delivery system,
whenever possible. Otherwise, the primary delivery method in
Rhode Island will be the courier contracted by the Office of Library
and Information Services (OLIS). U.S. mail will be used for
out-of-state deliveries and any library not covered by the OLIS
delivery system. Fax machines will not be used to deliver
copies.
For further information, see our procedures for Interlibrary
Loan Requests.
[top]
|
