Interlibrary Loan Policy
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service allowing students, faculty, and staff to borrow books, articles, and other materials from select libraries when the item is not available at Guilford College. Requests are generally initiated through the Online Computer Library Center Database (OCLC), an international network of thousands of participating libraries.
Interlibrary loans services should not be used for books located in Hege Library or the Consortium libraries (Bennett, Greensboro, or Salem Colleges). Before submitting a request, check the NC-PALS Online Catalog to see if the item is available in this library or can be ordered from Consortium schools. Requests for Consortium books can be submitted from the online catalog using the number on the bottom of the Guilford ID.
Students, faculty, and staff of Guilford College are all eligible for Interlibrary Loan privileges. Borrowing privileges may be suspended, however, if a patron fails to return borrowed materials, or fails to pay any invoices in a timely manner.
Interlibrary Loan is a free service with few exceptions. Sometimes the lending library will charge for lending books and for photocopying articles. If this occurs, students, faculty, and staff may have to pay a percentage of the amount on the invoice.
The Access Services Dept. will process up to 5 book requests and up to 5 article requests per week for each patron. When requesting more than 5 items of each type, a patron may be asked to indicate priority. Interlibrary Loans cannot be placed On Reserve for a course.
The loan period, renewals, charges, and conditions of use are determined by the lending library. If a renewal is necessary, a request for a renewal must be made one week before the date the item is due back in the Hege Library.
The following items are usually unavailable through interlibrary loan services: rare, fragile, or bulky items; reference books, theses, dissertations, and materials in special collections; audiovisual materials.
By submitting your request for interlibrary loan materials, you agree to the following Copyright Notice:
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law.
Interlibrary Loan materials are provided through the courtesy of other libraries and are not the property of Guilford College’s Hege Library.
Please call 316-2439 if you have any questions.
