LibGuides: Public Services Handbook: Interlibrary Loan

INTRODUCTION

Interlibrary loan is available to help Gonzaga University Law School faculty, students, and staff obtain a wide variety of materials owned by other libraries if the items are unavailable at Chastek or Foley Library. The most important core of resource-sharing includes all northwest area law schools, the Washington State Library, WIN, AJCU, and the INCOL libraries.

The ILL is bound by the following protocols:
Washington State Interlibrary Loan Sharing Code, Z713.5.W3W37 1990
AJCU consortium agreement
INCOL resource sharing protocols
WIN resource sharing protocols

Fees

We do not charge libraries with which we have developed reciprocal agreements. A list of libraries with reciprocal lending agreements in included in the ILL Policy Directory. INCOL and WIN member libraries are encouraged not to impose transacttion or postage fees for interlibrary loans to other INCOL and WIN members.

Libraries, firms, and individuals who do not have a reciprocal agreement with us are charged the following rate:

Books : $15.00 per request (includes tax and shipping)
Fax : Base fee $15.00 plus, $2.00 for first page, $1.00 for each additional page.
Microfiche/Microfilm: We do not lend. Up to 25 pages may be copies if the request is for our libraries of consortium or AJCU.

POLICIES

Eligible Users include Gonzaga University School of Law faculty, students, and staff, for academic or law-school related purposes, as well as for personal reading or information. Materials will not be ordered in support of not-for-credit employment or volunteer work in any law firm or other company organization not related to Gonzaga University.

Eligible Borrowers include libraries (law firm and corporate libraries), and may borrow regularly-circulating materials from our collection for a period of four weeks, and may request photocopies of items in our collection by specific cite.

Firms and Individuals Outside of the Spokane Area may request photocopies of specific material from our collection by specific cite only. Requests without a complete citation will not be filled. Requests for loans will not be filled. Requests from non-library organizations, firms, and individuals will not be filled. Patrons should come to the library to obtain needed materials.

High Demand Items

Fragile or high demand items will not be lent out on loan through ILL.

LOAN/BORROW

Lending transactions are to be prioritized below borrowing transactions. If an item is not on the shelf where it is normally shelved, ILL will check the circulation status an due date will be reported to the requesting library. If it is not checked out or not on the shelf this will be reported to the requesting library and a missing book form will be filed and processed through regular channels.

A reasonable effort will be made to locate requested materials. If holdings cannot be located through OCLC, or selected by appropriate library catalogs on the internet, further searching should be done if the patron requests it.