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| After hours go to Reference Desk |
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| Phone: 337.482.1612 or 337.482.6035 · Fax: 337.482.1176 · E-mail: ill@louisiana.edu |
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| Interlibrary Loan exists to provide scholars with access to the materials they need to conduct serious research. If Dupré Library does not own a book or journal article that you need, you may obtain it from another institution through Interlibrary Loan. |
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| DID YOU CHECK THE ONLINE CATALOG? |
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| WHO MAY USE INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES? |
| This service is ONLY available to current UL Lafayette faculty, staff,
retirees, and graduate students who are engaged in serious research. |
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| HOW MUCH DOES THE SERVICE COST? |
| There is usually no charge for borrowing books through Interlibrary Loan. |
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| Some institutions, however, do charge. If there is a fee involved we will call you for approval before completing the transaction. |
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| The cost for photocopying varies. You can expect to pay between $3.00 - $12.00 per photocopy request. |
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| Some institutions charge a handling fee of as much as $10.00 - $15.00 plus $.10 - $.25 per page. If the fee exceeds $12.00, we will notify you for approval before completing the transaction. If $12.00 exceeds the amount you are willing to pay, a lower cap can be set by indicating the maximum cost you wish to spend and we will notify you before completing the transaction. |
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| DEPARTMENTAL CHARGES |
| All Interlibrary Loan requests involving fees that are to be charged to a university account must include the account number on the Interlibrary Loan Application when the request is submitted. The account number should be entered in the "Comments" field. |
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| HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE AND HOW WILL I BE NOTIFIED? |
| Your order can take anywhere from a few days to one to four weeks to arrive. Time varies from request to request and there is no way of telling how long your request will take. |
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| When your order arrives, you will be notified by E-mail or telephone. You must pick up books in the Interlibrary Loan Department. Photocopies are held at the Circulation Desk. Photocopies become your property after you pay for them. |
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| Status of Loan Request |
| You can check the status of your request at any time by logging into your ILLiad account. |
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| Please note that if your order arrives too late for your use, you must still pay for it. If you feel the material will arrive too late for your use, you can cancel the order if it has not been shipped by the lending institution. |
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| WHERE DO I RETURN MATERIALS? |
| Return materials to the Interlibrary Loan Department, NOT to the Circulation Department or any of the book drops. |
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| If the Interlibrary Loan Department is not open, return the materials to the Reference Desk. |
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| Photocopies become your property after you pay for them. |
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| WHAT IS THE RENEWAL POLICY? |
| Renewals are at the discretion of the lending library. You may request a renewal on any Interlibrary Loan material, as long as "No Renewals" was not one of the restrictions that the lending library placed on the item.You must, however, try to limit the number of renewal requests you ask for since most lenders do not look kindly upon renewing large numbers of materials. |
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| Requests for renewals must be made within the 5-day before the due date. ILLiad will not allow renewals outside of this time-frame. Please Note: The Due Date automatically generated by ILLiad upon submission of your Renewal Request is a provisional or "temporary" due date. You will be notified of the response and/or the new due date via E-mail. |
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| You may also logon to your ILLiad account to check the status of your request at any time. The response may be: |
- Renewal is granted (you will receive a new due date).
- Renewal is denied (you must return the material immediately).
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| Limitations |
- Renewals cannot be placed on overdue materials!
- Renewals cannot be placed on "No Renewal" items.
- We cannot grant second renewals!
- You are allowed one re-request of a borrowed item after the first copy is returned to the Interlibrary Loan.
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| To submit your renewal request |
| You can place a renewal request by logging into your ILLiad account. |
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| RECALL POLICY AND OVERDUE POLICY |
| All interlibrary loan materials are subject to recall by the lending library. If recalled, materials must be returned IMMEDIATELY! |
| When material is overdue, and has not been picked up from the Interlibrary Loan Department, it is returned to the lending institution. If the material has been picked up, you will receive an overdue notice. ILLiad automatically generates overdue notices and blocks the user's account once the system deems the account extremely overdue. If the material is not returned you, will be responsible for any charges imposed upon us by the lending institution. |
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| ILL is not a substitute for the purchase of textbooks and may not be used to fill textbook or reference requirements for course work. |
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| The Interlibrary Loan Department reserves the right to deny privileges to anyone abusing these policies. |
| Violation of other libraries' lending regulations, including repeated overdues, jeopardizes borrowing privileges and could eventually eliminate the benefits of services for *everyone*. |
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| Interlibrary Loan strives to maintain a good working relationship with our suppliers by returning their materials promptly! |
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Deborah L. Johnson, Head of Interlibrary Loan
(337.482.1612 or 337.482.6035; dljohnson@louisiana.edu). |
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