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Interlibrary loan services are available to faculty, staff and students. Books, photocopies of periodical articles, government documents, and music scores are the most frequently requested items borrowed from other libraries. Every effort is made to secure the materials from a nearby location and to avoid charges for the loans.
Hardin-Simmons University makes no charges for interlibrary loan services. However, charges assessed by the lending library are passed on to the borrower.
The time required to secure the materials is usually from one to three weeks, and the loan period is set by the lending library. It is important to provide all the bibliographic information asked for on the Interlibrary Loan Request Form, particularly a complete title with no omitted words, as requests are processed by computerized database. The Interlibrary Loan Request Forms are available at the Circulation Desk of Richardson Library
or on the library web page..
A $5.00 processing fee will be charged to the faculty member if the ILL
materials are not picked up at the Circulation Desk within five (5) days of
being notified. Leta Tillman (ext. 1244) supervises interlibrary loans and courier lending.
One of the few restrictions to Interlibrary Loan is that no more than five requests are allowed from one periodical title per year, for the most recent five years of that periodical title. This is in accordance with accepted policy for compliance with current copyright guidelines.
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